Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.’

DAILY READING – John 10:1-21; 2 Chronicles 8; Psalm 73

Frederick B. Meyer was a Baptist pastor and evangelist in England. Though he started off as a small unknown minister, he eventually wrote over 75 books, including Christian biographies and devotional commentaries on the Bible. He later became lifelong friends with American evangelist Dwight L. Moody. He was involved in inner city mission work and was also known as a crusader against immorality who brought about the closing of hundreds of saloons and brothels.

In 1878 he initiated the building of Melbourne Hall, an entirely new, independent venture, designed to evangelize people in the surrounding communities. This mission center attracted great visitors including national figures such as Hudson Taylor as well as local people. Melbourne Hall became a place of pilgrimage and a center of evangelical and missionary influence in Leicester and far beyond.

One day a young preacher approached Dr. Meyer and asked how he could one day become as influential and well known as him. Dr. Meyer responded, “Don’t waste your time waiting and longing for large opportunities which may never come. But faithfully handle the little things that are always claiming your attention.”

Luke 16:10 says ‘He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.’

When we read the biographies of great men, we often find that most of them started from humble beginnings, from where they grew to eventually become great. This agrees with the words of Jesus in Matthew 13:31-32, which described the Kingdom of Heaven as a grain of mustard seed that gradually grew into a big tree.

Again, in John 12:24, Jesus tells us that except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone, but when it dies it brings froth much fruit. Indeed, for us to bring forth much fruit, we have to be willing to fall to the ground, to be buried in the unseen season of life, where we die to self and the flesh. In that place where we are unknown and unsung, God trains and prepares us for the assignment ahead. It is the place of pruning, purging and preparation. It is the wilderness journey where we experience a spiritual change of diet as we move from the leeks of Egypt to manna from Heaven.

We must be purged to be ready for the Master’s use. We must be pruned to bring forth much fruit. Anyone who will be used of God has to pass through this process. For Joseph, it was being in prison before ascending the throne of Egypt. For David it was being a shepherd boy, killing lions and bears in the bushes, until he was able to kill Goliath and ascend the throne. For Moses it was leaving his place as Prince of Egypt, and living as a fugitive in the backside of the dessert, until his time of visitation.

God has a different process for each of us. But the important thing is that we must pass through that place where we are proved faithful in the little. Indeed he that is faithful in the little will be faithful in the much. God rewards faithfulness and Proverbs 28:20 tells us that the faithful shall abound with blessings. We have to begin to show faithfulness in little we have been assigned to.

Where you are now is not God’s ultimate for you. But it is how well you handle today’s placement that will determine tomorrow’s blessing. Doing the best today puts you in the best place for tomorrow. So, are you being faithful with the little? Or are you waiting until the big breaks? The truth is that the race has begun; the process of proving your faithfulness has been initiated. And what you do with what you have been given now, will determine what God brings your way tomorrow.

PRAYER:

Father please open my eyes to see the opportunities that abound around me. Enable me to have the right perspective so that I can act right in every situation in Jesus’ name.

 quote :

It is only when you can see God in the light of who He truly is that you can begin to walk in the overflow of His blessings. – WORDBITE 222