January 13th 2014 The Little Things...

As I pray for the school my mind often goes to the big things like enrollment forecasts, sustainability, fulfilling the mission and vision of the school. We know and trust that God is sovereign and he is quite capable of handling all of these things and much more.  We can surrender to God the biggest things in our lives but part of the sermon I heard on Sunday reminded me of another key point.  The pastor made the case that it is easier to trust God with the bigger things yet try to remain in control in the smaller things.  If the Lord is Lord of all then we must surrender the small things as well.  Please do continue to pray for the bigger things but let us not forget the little things as well.  We should seek His will and apply biblical principles to the big and lofty and the nitty gritty.  He is Lord of the Board room and of all the nooks and crannies in our school and in our lives.  We are called again and again to surrender to him our big plans and our lesson plans, our almanacs and our attitudes.  Join me in prayer for our school as we continue to surrender to Him in 2014.