Little Things Matter..

All of us would like to increase our ability and resources and be all that we can be so that we can live to our maximum potential. One of the essential qualities that Jesus says in order to achieve that is faithfulness in little things. I for one hated it when I was chided by my parents for not putting back things in its proper place or not handling little things the way I should have but I have now appreciate the lesson that the way we handle small things matter...
Luke 16:10-12
"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. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?"

Sometimes we think that we need not be faithful in little things as they do not really matter or that no one will ever notice the difference. If we think that when it comes to a big job or a big opportunity, then suddenly we will do the right thing and execute things faithfully, we are deceived. This is because sometimes we are so conditioned to cutting corners or doing things unfaithfully, we will fall into the same pattern whether it is important or not and others too will not trust us as we are not faithful. At other times, God will not entrust us with bigger opportunities as we are not faithful with the little.

Often being faithful in the little things is preparing us for the bigger things that God is waiting to entrust us with! This is clearly taught by Jesus in the parable of the talents as well:
Matthew 25:22-26a
"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.' "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant!"
Faithfulness means to be faithful all the time - not most of the time, even in seemingly insignificant little things!

Are you trustworthy and reliable with the little things that God has entrusted you with? You can measure your faithfulness by reflecting on how you have handled tasks when no one is watching you, by the way you have handled someone else's possessions or even with what you do with your time and resources and treat other people. God wants you to stop deceiving yourself into thinking that small things do not matter.. they always do. God wants to entrust you with more but He wants to see how faithful you are with what you have now..
Matthew 24:45-47
"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions."