Once in facebook on my timeline one of my friend from college posted a message on it. The message was that in my college there was an urgent work that needs to be done. Whether I was available was the question she asked. And at the end of the message she wrote ‘please do replay’. I began to think what I need to replay. I was then searching for an audio or a video along with that message but could not find one. I was worried, since I could not find the audio or video she might have posted. Then my eyes fell on the word ‘replay’. I thought to remove the letter ‘a’ from the word ‘replay’ and it became ‘reply’. Then I realized she did not wanted to write ‘please do replay’ but to write ‘please do reply’. She however added  the single small letter ‘a’ which made me confuse. I realized that how a addition of a small letter ‘a’ can change the whole meaning of the sentence.

 

                My attention went to Galatians 5:9 “ a little yeast works through a whole batch of dough”. This proverb is famous among the Jews. We many a time thinks that more is needed but this thinking is not true. Many a time small things or little things make lots of differences. That’s why Jesus in Luke 16:10 says "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much”. Thus we need to be careful about little things.

 

               It should be noted that a message can be converted into a different message with the removal of a single small letter. Consider the sentence “we are proud of our tea” but the actual sentence was “we are proud of our team”. Thus by removing the single small letter ‘m’ the whole meaning of the sentence changes .Thus we need to add those single small letter which needed to be added and remove those single small letter which needed to removed so that the message of the sentence does not change.

 

               We need to know this, we Christians are not only the light of the world or Salt of the world but also a message to the world. When we live in this world our life and action are constantly watched by the world. What kind of message we provide to the world would be observed by the world. Moreover God will observe what message we would provide to the world. We have seen how by adding or removing a single small letter can change the meaning of the whole sentence. Similarly we need to see in our life our actions are not creating a wrong message.

 

               The word of God says in Ephesians 5:3-4 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

 

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

 

Colossians 3:5

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

 

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

 

              Thus we need to get out of this wicked things in our life even though some of them seem to be a small things. because it would change the whole meaning of the message of our life. We are to be a message of cross to the world. The world should see us crucified  with Jesus. And they should see that we no longer live but Christ live in us. We need to add certain things in our life so has to share the perfect message to the world.

 

2 Peter 1:5-8

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

 

Conclusion

 

                Thus we can become a good message of the world by removing things in our life which the word of God say to remove and adding in our life things which the word of God to add.