January 3

Faithfulness in small things


“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much” (Luke 16:10).
“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household?” (Matt. 24:45).

Do not wait for some great work to be dropped down in your lap. Do some little thing for God. If David had never tackled the bear and the lion he would not have been so successful with Goliath of Gath. Nothing is small that is done for God. You do not know what it may lead to.—Reader Harris.

No service in itself is small;
None great, though earth it fill;
But that is small that seeks its own,
And great that seeks God’s will.
—Unknown.

I think that the folks who are faithful in that which is least will wear very radiant crowns. They are the people who are great in little tasks. They are scrupulous in the rutty roads of drudgery. They are the folks, who when they are trudging “through the Valley of Baca, make it a well.” They win the triumphs amid small irritations. They are as loyal when they are wearing aprons in the kitchen as if they wore purple and fine linen in the visible presence of the King. They finish the obscurest bit of work as though it were to be displayed before an assembled Heaven by Him Who is Lord of light and glory. Great souls are these who are faithful in that which is least!
Our Lord lived for thirty years amid the little happenings of the little town of Nazareth. Little villages spell out their stories in small events. And He, the young Priest of glory, was in the carpenter’s shop. He moved amid humdrum tasks, and petty cares, and village gossip, and trifling trade, and He was faithful in that which is least. He wore His crown on other than state occasions, it was never off His brow.—J. H. Jowett.

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