God Is All

Oh, Chicken Little – do you remember her?  Chicken Little likes to walk in the woods, look at the trees, smell the flowers, listen to the birds singing.  One day while she’s walking an acorn falls from a tree, and hits the top of her little head. Convinced now the sky is falling, she runs to tell Henny Penny and Ducky Lucky, and they join her in search of Lion to tell him of the pending doom.  Along the way they meet Foxey Loxey, who knows exactly where Lion is and leads them straight to his fox’s den.  They enter, never to leave again.

 

No one wants to be little!  Tall people wish they were shorter and short people wish they were taller, people who have a little stuff wish they had more and those who have a lot wish they had less.  The spirit of contentment is elusive!  Consider the manna which fell once a day, and only one day's supply to be gathered; not only a lesson in depending upon God but one that speaks to contentment: taking one day at a time, one step at a time.  A few weeks ago, from the porch swing, I watched Ella go up-and-down the porch stairs; she was so proud her growing legs could now take two or three steps at a time.  God doesn't lead us that way!  It’s often in the littles of life, God teaches us how to walk by faith and not by sight.  Those times and seasons are where we learn to trust Him, and not ourselves and our own understanding.  Jeremiah 45:5 says, "Seekest thou great things for thyself?  Seek them not."  Some of the Spirit's best words Paul penned from a Roman prison: "I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content." (Philippians 4:11).  Oh, to know the joy of every circumstance -- little or big, less or more, joy or sorrow -- knowing God is All.  "Sink into the sweet and blessed littleness, where thou livest by grace ... How lovely it is to be nothing when God is all!" (G. Tersteegen).  Chicken Little's world changed in an instance, peace and contentment left behind.  The same can happen to us: serious illness or catastrophic loss, an overflowing toilet or a crying baby.  Whatever life is and wherever we are, our God is the Big of the bigs and the littles – He is God of All!