Tuesday I did some grocery shopping and I usually purchase a case/box of milk that has 12 - 1 liter cartons (we are on metric here; and milk costs about the same price here as in the U.S.). I got the case of milk from the shelf, checked out - and the cashier takes one of the 12 cartons and just times it by 12 in the register for my price. I get home, and James put the milk away for me and told me that in the center of my box of 1.5% fat cartons are about (4) 3.5% which costs extra. I definitely didn't feel right in my inner being about not having paid for something I received, it cost more than I paid, but I wrestled with whether or not to say anything when I went back this morning; mainly because it can just be more confusion for them and I didn't know if I should even bother with it (a little inconvenience ;) ) . I planned another trip to the same store this morning, and I prayed again about this situation with the milk; I felt prompted by the Lord to tell the store - especially for His witness. I also asked JeJe what he thought (God just about always uses him for confirmation) and he said "Tell them when you go, and it's their decision what they do about it". On my drive to the store, the Lord gave me this verse:
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much."Luke 16:10
I walked into the store and headed to the Customer Service counter, the gal working it was distracted by the phone ringing and the store manager walked up and asked how he could help me. I told him I would explain the best I could, in my not so good Romanian, and told him the story. By now, the girl behind the counter was finished with the phone call, and both he and she smiled and thanked me; both insisted I not worry about it.
As I walked away, the Lord spoke to my heart the importance of building of our witness for Him. The way we handle even the smallest of things, speaks "volumes" as to who we are and bears witness of Him. I am not always on my best game for things that fly my way; people taking cuts in line (happens all the time here), aggressive drivers (I grew up in LA but that didn't prepare me near enough for driving 5pm traffic in downtown Cluj) and I need to "choose" to "put on" Jesus every day - He is my best accessory.
The other side of this He spoke to me, was that when He prompts us to do something (from small things like speaking up about the milk, or big things like sharing Christ with someone or doing something in serving Him) - if we don't do what He is asking/telling us to do; are we being disobedient? (I know my answer). And if we aren't willing to listen to Him in the small things He brings before us, why should He give us the big? Some of us don't want to be bothered with big, but then we are really missing out on what He really has for us (even blessings); and the bottom line is obedience.
"Lord, help me to not only hear your voice but to act in obedience to You, with complete surrender to Your authority; To do Your perfect will and trust the results to You."
"Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:1
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