Day #257: Luke 16:10-12

Luke 16:10-12 (NIV)
10 "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.
11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?
12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?

How people handle their worldly wealth shows their trustworthiness. If a person can be trusted with a little bit, if he or she maintains integrity even in small matters, then that person has proven trustworthiness for large matters. The reverse is also true—the one who would willingly steal a dollar may also be willing to steal thousands. Trustworthiness goes to a person’s very core.


SO WHAT? (what will I do with what I have read today?)

God expects us to be responsible with the way we manage our money, the way we save it, the way we spend it, the way we give it.

God says if I am faithful with what I have then God can trust me with more of it. If I am faithful with what I have right now, then God can trust me with more of it. He says if you're faithful in little things, you'll be faithful in more. That applies to every area of life. If you've got a little talent and you develop it, it will get bigger. If you've got a little responsibility, you be determined and dependable at work, you'll probably get a promotion. You got a little money, you manage it wisely, it will get bigger.

I'm not a believer in the health and wealth gospel. But the issue is, whatever you manage carefully, success comes from faithfulness in the little things. When you manage and are faithful in little things, you get big results. Faithfulness in the little things is what counts. Ask any athlete, ask any musician, ask any salesman, ask any craftsman. God says, you take care of the dimes and He'll take care of the dollars. Faithful in little things.

Would faithfulness describe your life right now?

I love you guys. Stay the course. ENDURE!