A little fuse ... yep! That's right! During a recent Sunday morning service, the temperature inside the church building rose to an uncomfortable level. I checked the thermostats, but the settings were correct. A member checked the fuses that control the air conditioner units on the inside of the building. They were fine. Ultimately, we found that a small fuse controlling the compressors was faulty. What a difference a little fuse made that day.

    "There are four things which are little upon the earth, But they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, Yet they provide their food in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, Yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, Yet go they forth all of them by bands; The lizard taketh hold with her hands, Yet is she in kings' palaces" (Proverbs 30:24-28). These four little creatures might seem insignificant to us, but they teach us an important lesson about wisdom.

     Do we not have the tendency at times to classify things as "big" or "little" pertaining to their significance or  insignificance? For instance, some people find nothing  wrong with telling a "little white lie" when it serves their purpose. Let another person, however, tell that same "little" lie to them, and it magically turns into a "big" lie. What was so "little" is now not so insignificant.

    In the spiritual realm, sin is not such a big matter in the eyes of many people. After all, they reason, we "are not perfect" and "all sin and fall short of God's glory." The seemingly "little" sins, therefore, are not so consequential to them. Friends, this is a dangerous view!

    Some might consider the following examples as "little" sins, but they were not to God. First, notice in Leviticus 10, Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, were consumed by fire from God because they "offered strange fire." It was not a serious matter to those young men, but God thought differently. It angered God. It cost the men their lives. Second, in I Chronicles 13, David decided to return the ark of the covenant to the city of David, but he did not consult God. The oxen carrying the ark stumbled when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon. It appeared that the ark of the covenant was going to fall to the ground. A good-intentioned man, Uzzah, put forth his hand to catch hold of the ark. Observe in verse 10, however, that God slew Uzzah. What seemed to be such a "little thing" was offensive to God and deadly to Uzzah.

    God's Word makes no distinction between "little" sins and "big',' sins. All sin is a violation of God's law. Friends, "little" sins are destructive - "for the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23)