Beautiful Word Devotional #12

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

Luke 16:10

Little children enjoy making mud pies. They will practice their “art” with mud before their parents open up the kitchen to them. This is a small example of learning to be faithful in a small thing (mud) before we can be entrusted with big things (actual cakes).

God entrusts you with bigger and bigger things the more you are faithful in the smaller and even unseen things. How you handle your money, for instance, reveals your character. Whether you manage a household budget or a multimillion-dollar account, your integrity matters.

You may feel like your sphere of influence is small, but what you do in these smaller spaces (making and keeping to a budget, running a home, being a good employee) reveals your heart. Strive to be faithful when you’re unnoticed, and as you are, people will take notice. More importantly, God will see, and he will entrust you with more responsibility in his kingdom.

Lord, help me be faithful in the small things so that you will choose to trust me with bigger things, amen.