How do we serve God? Once when Jesus was talking about feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, visiting the sick, and helping those in trouble he said, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me” (Matthew 25:40). We serve God by helping other people. Feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, and visiting the sick are little things. There is nothing dramatic about them. Anyone can do it. But they are among the biggest things we can do for God. Too often we are looking for something spectacular to do and thus we miss golden opportunities.
George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for the peanut, said he once asked God why he had made the universe. Carver said, "God answered, ‘You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask me something more your size.’ So I said, ‘Dear Mr. Creator, tell me what man was made for.’ Again he spoke to me: ‘Little man, you are still asking for more than you can handle. Cut down the extent of your request and improve the intent.’ And then I asked my last question. ‘Mr. Creator, why did you make the peanut?’
“‘That’s better,’ the Lord said, and he gave me a handful of peanuts and went with me back to the laboratory and together we got down to work.”
Are you looking for a task too big for you? Do the little things that help others.
Every person is of value to God. The worth and dignity of a person does not depend on his race, wealth, job, education, or which side of the tracks he lives on. His value depends solely on the fact that he is a person. No matter how insignificant they are in the estimation of others, God counts the little things you do for others as service to himself.
Do you want to serve God? Find some person in need and help him today.