Even the Smallest Deed

Even the Smallest Deed

Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:18 NIV

Pamela and I have a little sign in our dining room at home that says, “Small acts of kindness accomplish great things.” Do you ever really wonder if they do though? Do you ever get tired of doing small acts of kindness because perhaps they’re never noticed? Never appreciated? Never reciprocated? I’m not saying that we do good things so others will do good things for us, but, if you’ve been feeling that your small deeds are going unnoticed, let me share the following story as an example.

A long, long time ago, a missionary was sailing home on furlough when she heard a cry one night, a cry that was perhaps the most difficult to hear when at sea a century ago: “Man overboard!” She rose quickly from her bed, lit the lamp on the bracket in her cabin, and then held the lamp at the window of her cabin in hopes of seeing some sign of life in the murky dark waters outside.

Seeing nothing, she hung the lamp back on its bracket, snuffed it out, and returned to her bed with prayers for the man lost at sea. In the morning, to her surprise she discovered the man had been rescued. Not only that, but she learned it was the flash of her lamp through the porthole that showed those on deck the location of the missing man. He had been clinging desperately to a rope still attached to the deck. He was pulled from the cold waters in the nick of time. Such a small deed as shining a lamp at the right time had saved a man’s life.

My friend, it’s not the size of the deed you do that counts. It’s the fact that you do it for good and not for evil, and with a trust that God can take every deed we do and use it for His purposes, in our lives and in the lives of others.

What good thing will you do for someone else today? Whether big or small, do it in love expecting that God will use it to bring someone else closer to His Son Jesus.



Thank you for reading Pastor Dale’s Mid-Week Encouragement. It’s not copyrighted so feel free to share it with someone who needs encouragement today. And, if you’re a regular attender of the Mt. Laurel Church of God or regularly watch the live feed on Facebook or the recorded service on YouTube, consider reading Isaiah 40:25-31 to get ready to worship this coming Sunday, June 14 as Elder John Beshore brings God’s message to God’s people!

Called to know the Way, go the Way, and show you the Way,

^{Pastor Dale}

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