October 28
2018
Faithful in the Little Things
After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ “He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ Matthew 25: 19-23
This master gave his servants varying amounts of talents to manage.
When they managed them well, no matter how many they had been given to start with, the master said:
“Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over may things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”
It is not about what you start with, but how faithful you are with what the Lord has given into your hands.
Don’t be concerned if the Lord is asking you to be faithful in some small things.
Faithfulness in the small things is just as important as faithfulness in the larger things.
Faithfulness in the small things increases our faith and our commitment and helps us to be faithful in the larger things when they come.
Zechariah 4:10 asks, “For who has despised the day of small things?”
Be content in your current realm of influence and with the small things the Lord has left in your hands, knowing that in time, if you are faithful, you will hear the words:
“Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over may things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”