"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."
Luke 16:10 (NKJV)
Have you ever heard someone say, "If I had a million dollars, I would ..." talking about something that person would do with a large amount of money. Or maybe someone talks about what they would do with more time, a certain ability, or if they lived in some other place. If we are honest about it, we have all probably said, or thought, something like this at some time in our life. But the point is not what we would do if we had something different or we were in some other place, the question really is, what are we doing right now with what we do have?
It is easier to talk about doing something than it is to actually do it, and it is easier to talk about what we might do in the future, rather than looking at what we can do now. This is really something that is a universal type of thing, and pretty much everyone, including Christians, are guilty of this kind of thinking. We can all fall into the trap of looking at something someone else has, wishing we had that thing, and dreaming about what we would do if we had it. But rather than looking at something we do not have, we need to see what we do have and make use of that.
In Luke 16:10, Jesus said that if someone is faithful in a little thing, they would be faithful in a big thing, and if someone is not faithful with something small, then that is how they would deal with something bigger. This relates to all of us in some way. If we are not making the best use of our time, our resources, and our abilities now, then what makes us think things would be different with more time, resources or abilities? Instead of looking at what we do not have, and dreaming about what we would do if we had that, we need to see what we can do now, where we are, with what we do have.
Luke 16:10 (NKJV)
Have you ever heard someone say, "If I had a million dollars, I would ..." talking about something that person would do with a large amount of money. Or maybe someone talks about what they would do with more time, a certain ability, or if they lived in some other place. If we are honest about it, we have all probably said, or thought, something like this at some time in our life. But the point is not what we would do if we had something different or we were in some other place, the question really is, what are we doing right now with what we do have?
It is easier to talk about doing something than it is to actually do it, and it is easier to talk about what we might do in the future, rather than looking at what we can do now. This is really something that is a universal type of thing, and pretty much everyone, including Christians, are guilty of this kind of thinking. We can all fall into the trap of looking at something someone else has, wishing we had that thing, and dreaming about what we would do if we had it. But rather than looking at something we do not have, we need to see what we do have and make use of that.
In Luke 16:10, Jesus said that if someone is faithful in a little thing, they would be faithful in a big thing, and if someone is not faithful with something small, then that is how they would deal with something bigger. This relates to all of us in some way. If we are not making the best use of our time, our resources, and our abilities now, then what makes us think things would be different with more time, resources or abilities? Instead of looking at what we do not have, and dreaming about what we would do if we had that, we need to see what we can do now, where we are, with what we do have.
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