DO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

READING: LUKE 16:1-13

Verse 10: “He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.”

This verse provides a bit of wisdom from the Lord Jesus on the topic of faithfulness. People frequently have attitudes that do not correspond to the statement above made by our Lord. Many tend to have little tolerance for small things. They don’t like what they call the “nickel and dime” aspects of life. Their intolerance convinces them that lesser matters deserve less attention and effort. There are subtle, or at times even not so subtle, inferences that if these lesser matters would become greater they would then be given more emphasis. According to the Word of God, there is a better name for these inferences. Actually, they are more accurately termed as deceptions. The reality defined by God’s order, is that those who have less interest and involvement in what they perceive as small things, will not change when things arise that impress them more. Only by giving faithful attention and effort to small things, are we prepared for trustworthiness and success in the greater matters. It is like a person stepping off a tall building firmly convinced they will fly. In the form of gravity, God’s order will prevail! The same as it does with gravity, the Order of the Lord regarding  the importance of small things will prevail. It will be as He has established. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What is a common way that the deceptions described above are exposed?

2. What small thing in your experience has prepared you for something greater?