Luke 16:10-13

¹⁰ “He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. ¹¹ Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? ¹²And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? ¹³ No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth” Luke 16:10-13.

Our church is corporately memorizing these verses. And as we go over them every Sunday, I am struck by the importance of these principles in my life. There is gravity to every action and it reverberates into eternity. I do nothing in a vacuum, but rather, all of my activity is from my heart and is a presage of my behavior in the event of something larger. If I am willing to be "just a tad" unfaithful in a smaller, less noticeable circumstance, then that is a pretty accurate barometer of my heart. It makes me question: is there anywhere in life where I am cutting corners? Is there anything in which I am "just a little bit" deceptive and not thoroughly trustworthy? I want to be sure to take those questions to God and scrutinize my heart and life according to His Word. And praise the Lord, there is nothing fatalistic in the Christian life-- everything is dynamic. So when those things surface in which I've been unfaithful, there's still time! I can repent by His amazing grace and I am able to turn it over. So, my prayer in all things: teach me to be faithful...I don't want my faithfulness and commitment to His Word to be contingent on any external force, because that is not true faithfulness or commitment- but rather mere compliance.