Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

Read Matthew 9

“For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say,
‘Arise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of
Man has power on earth to forgive sins”—then He said
to the paralytic, “Arise, take up your bed, and
go to your house.” And he arose and
departed to his house.”
(Matthew 9:6-8)

Thoughts… I’ve always loved that line: “Which is easier?” If I had been the one in this situation instead of Jesus, I would likely have said, “Which is harder?” But Jesus was God, and he didn’t sweat the small stuff—and to him, it was all small stuff.

That’s why he could forgive sins just as easily as he could heal a paralytic. That’s why he could raise a little girl from death, heal a woman with a twelve-year issue of blood, open blind eyes, enable a mute man to speak, and drive demons from those in the devil’s bondage. It was all small stuff to Jesus because he was God.

And what about your life? What are you facing—a physical challenge, a financial situation, a problem at work, guilt over a past sin, a broken marriage? What is your paralysis? Whatever it is, no matter how big of a deal it seems to you, it’s all small stuff to Jesus, because he is God.

As you face the things in your life today that have paralyzed you with fear, anxiety, guilt, anger or inaction, take to heart the words of the prophet Jeremiah,

O Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth
by your great power. Nothing is to difficult for you.
(Jeremiah 32:17)

So don’t sweat the small stuff—because it is all small stuff to Jesus.

Prayer… Lord, what seems impossible to me is no big deal to you. You made the heavens and the earth by your great power, and what I am facing comes nowhere close to that. So I place my life in your hands and trust you to perfect everything that concerns me.

One More Thing… “When you have no helpers, see your helpers in God. When you have many helpers, see God in all your helpers. When you have nothing but God, see all in God. When you have everything, see God in everything. Under all conditions, stay thy heart only on the Lord.” —Charles Spurgeon