Christ, the Lawnmower

Jesus told us that we would do even greater things than He did (John 14:12). Hard to believe. I have never healed the lame or raised the dead. But something struck me today; the three dead people He raised are dead again. The blind He healed can no longer see. He was like a huge lawnmower cutting an impressive swath across the historical record. It got our attention, and now He’s gone and the grass is still growing. 

Here I am learning to be a Christian (a “little Christ”), but I don’t feel like a lawnmower. I can’t cut 1,000 blades of grass in one second. I’m but an ant with a tiny saw, and it takes me 10 seconds to cut one single blade. Not very impressive.

But do the math. If there are a million blades to cut, it will take the Lawnmower over 16 minutes to cut them. But if there are a million ants sent into the lawn, the whole thing will be cut in 10 seconds.

And one further point, parts of Israel were blessed by the compassion of Jesus for about three years. But for over 2,000 years the world has benefited from the charity of unsung Christians in all corners of the globe. A multitude of feeble little Christians today continue to bring the love of Christ to the whole world.