Christ in His life on earth taught the lesson of careful attention to the little things. The great work of redemption weighed continually upon His soul. As He was teaching and healing, all the energies of mind and body were taxed to the utmost; yet He noticed the most simple things in life and in nature. His most instructive lessons were those in which by the simple things of nature He 358 illustrated the great truths of the kingdom of God. He did not overlook the necessities of the humblest of His servants. His ear heard every cry of need. He was awake to the touch of the afflicted woman in the crowd; the very slightest touch of faith brought a response. When He raised from the dead the daughter of Jairus, He reminded her parents that she must have something to eat. When by His own mighty power He rose from the tomb, He did not disdain to fold and put carefully in the proper place the graveclothes in which He had been laid away.

Kristi liv på jorden bar i sig selv vidnesbyrd om, at vi skal være omhyggelige, selv når det gælder småting. Det store forløsningsværk lå stadig som en byrde på hans skuldre. Når han underviste og helbredte, anspændte han sine åndelige og fysiske kræfter til det yderste, men alligevel lagde han mærke til de mindste enkeltheder i livet og naturen. Hans mest slående undervisning var den, hvor han illustrerede Guds riges sandheder med enkle ting i naturen. Han overså ikke noget, der kunne være til gavn for den mest beskedne af hans tjenere. Hans øre hørte ethvert råb om hjælp. Han mærkede den syge kvindes berøring i skaren; selv det svageste udtryk for tro blev besvaret. Da han opvakte Jairus datter mindede han forældrene om, at hun måtte have noget at spise. Da han ved sin egen mægtige kraft opstod fra de døde, undlod han ikke at folde ligklæderne sammen og lægge dem omhyggeligt til side.