“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?” (Luke 16:10-12).
Did you know that Edison was born almost completely deaf? He could hear only the loudest of sounds. Yet, you may also recall that it was Edison who invented the phonograph. Odd, don’t you think? Odder still, however, is the fact that the work on this invention began two months after Edison’s plant, containing his inventions, burnt to the ground. Many have quoted those famous words, spoken to his brother as they watched their life’s work go up in smoke. “There go all our mistakes. Now we can start over afresh.”
Edison didn’t have a hand up, charmed life or golden boy status. Yet, he was a great success that changed the world. Often, however, our lives are very different. We seem greatly blessed, but do little with it. Especially is this true in spiritual matters. Many, who have the greatest gift of all, the gift of salvation, never get around to doing anything with it. Content to just let the world fly by us, we often miss out on some of the greatest opportunities to do the work of the Lord and accomplish great things for the kingdom.
The reasons are many, I do believe. These reasons bear names like fear, lack of vision, apathy, laziness, and lack of spiritual discernment and contentment. Whatever may be the case, we can be assured that our Lord and Savior, who took the bitter sweet opportunity to save mankind by dying on a cross, is not pleased.
In this day, do with what you have. After all, God has given it to you for a reason. Maybe you don’t have more because you can’t be trusted with little.
