In 1983 Physicist Lorne Whitehead demonstrated how one domino can knock down another domino double its size. In 2001 a physicist recreated the experiment showing how a two inch domino could eventually topple the Empire State Building by the eighteenth domino, the Eiffel Tower by the twenty-third domino, and bridging the gap between earth and the moon by the fifty-seventh.

It’s the little things that make the biggest difference. Small beginnings can lead to huge opportunities. Success is simply ordinary tasks that lead to extraordinary accomplishments. But we tend to be enamored with BIG stuff. We are conditioned to only see the monumental accomplishments, rather than the everyday dedication it took to get there. Famous boxer Joe Frazier said, “You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you’re down to the reflexes you developed in training. That’s where roadwork shows – the training you did in the dark of the mornin’ will show when you’re under the bright lights.” You see, it’s what we do with the little things that brings us the big things. 

Jesus said, “If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities.” ~ Luke 16:10 (NLT)

How we treat the small things in life determines if we’ll get the big things. If we are faithful with the little the bigger will come. Living a successful life is about walking through each door of opportunity that leads to another door of opportunity, that leads to another door of opportunity, that leads to…well…you get the point. Sometimes it is the 28th door of opportunity that we finally have a major breakthrough…or at least is recognized as a major breakthrough. But understand you don’t start at door #28…you start with door #1.

The challenge for all of us is to remain faithfully patient as we pursue more. Don’t allow discouragement to steal your potential. Keep on walking through every door as small as it may be. Remember your success will compound over time and eventually you will be toppling huge obstacles as though there nothing. And you’ll fulfill ALL the things God has for you. Author Mark Batterson wrote, “If you do little things like they’re big things, God will do big things like they’re little things.”