GREAT THINGS ENTERPRISE
CLAUDE BLACK
Mark 9:41
Making Elevator Buckets
Another welder and I were making several hundred identical elevator buckets—small devices, “buckets,” attached to an elevator belt used to hoist all kinds of material. I hurriedly produced the buckets, but my colleague urged me to slow down and make sure each one was done well. When I told him it didn’t matter because no one would ever see them, he said, “No, but you see them.”
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1727) was an English mathematician, engineer, and architect who built some of the greatest churches in England, including St. Paul’s Cathedral. There’s a story that Wren was inspecting the work on one of his projects when he happened upon a stonecutter who was busily chipping away at a piece of stone. When Wren inquired of the stonecutter what he was doing, he said, “Why, I’m helpin’ Sir Christopher Wren build this ‘ere building.”
The majesty of even the smallest task done for the right reason was illustrated by Jesus when he told his disciples, “For whoever may offer you a cup of water to drink because of my name, because you are Christ’s, he will certainly not lose his reward.” (Mark 9:41)
It’s a lesson to keep in mind, even when “making elevator buckets” or helping Jesus build his kingdom one cup of water at a time.
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