A little stone can create big problems. If you don’t believe me just ask people that have dealt with kidney stones. Have you ever been bothered by a little stone (particle) that has lodged itself inside your eyelids? It is one the worst feelings in the world. It makes you cry; it renders you partially blind and the pain and level of discomfort is unbelievable.
A little stone flying in the air can break a windshield or badly damage it. Little stones in the bottom of a river or beach are a nuisance and can cut our feet or cause sprains or factures as we slip and fall awkwardly. I can even imagine a little stone causing a big boulder to fall down the mountain, by being the last stone to fall on top of it!
There are many spiritual little “stones” in the spiritual realm.
The little stone of laziness and apathy (Proverbs 6:10)
The little stone of foolishness (Ecclesiastes 10:1)
The little stone of false teachers and their teaching (Songs of Solomon 2:15)
The little stone of unbelief (Matthew 6:30)
The little stone of judgment (Matthew 7:1-3)
Brethren, beware of all these little stones (physical and spiritual), but also be aware that not all things that are little are evil or can lead to evil.
A few little fish were used by Jesus to feed a multitude (Matthew 15:34)
A little (young) donkey carried Jesus in his triumphal entry to Jerusalem (John 12:13-15)
A little stone defeated the most feared giant in the land (1 Samuel 17:49)
A little child was born in Bethlehem to save the world from sin (Matthew 1 and 2)
Having faith in Christ like a little child opens the doors of heaven (Matthew 18:3)
You might consider yourself to be nothing but a pebble; a little stone and you are right, but we are as the apostle Peter says:
“…you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5)
We are members of the body of Christ and are (little) living stones He uses to build his kingdom. By ourselves we are small and almost insignificant, but together and in the hands of Christ, the eternal Master Builder we will reach “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).
A. G
