The Little Fishes

Some years ago a headline told of three hundred whales that suddenly died. The whales were pursuing sardines and found themselves marooned in a bay. Frederick Broan Harris commented, "The small fish lured the sea giants to their death. They came to their violent demise by chasing small ends, by prostituting vast powers for insignificant goals." 

"How often in life 'little things' can seem so insignificant. For instance, the kid who smokes his first cigarette probably reasons with himself, 'One smoke will not hurt,' never dreaming he would get addicted to nicotine. The same is true of the alcoholic and the drug addict. One drink will never hurt, or one drug will never hurt, never dreaming that they would end up as hopeless addicts.

Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes"
(Song of Solomon 2:15).

Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  1 Cor 5:6  

Then there are those of us who pride ourselves that we are not addicted to any substance, but allow our lives to be consumed by so many little things that are harmless in and of themselves, but take us away from God's purpose for our life. All too often even good things become the enemy of the best in that they hinder or stop our becoming all that God has envisioned for us.


He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
Prov 28:13


May we so live that in the end when we meet God face to face we will have no regrets but hear his welcoming words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your Lord.'"
Bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.  1 Tim 4:8 

Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “ Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool .  Isaiah 1:18
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 3:7



Source :  Richard (Dick) Innes is the founder and international director of ACTS International, a non-profit, multi-church organization whose purpose is to help churches bridge the gap to their non-church community. ACTS philosophy of outreach is the application of the gospel and Christian message to the healing of the whole person—physically, emotionally, and relationally as well as spiritually.]