Small Faithful Yes
How big lives are built.
Big stories come from small obediences.
The big idea
Most of life isn't built on the heroic moment. It's built on the small yes you keep saying.
What does “Small Faithful Yes” walk through?
Faithful in Little
Luke 16:10 · KJV
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.
In plain English
How you handle small things shows how you'll handle big ones.
The Audition
Jesus says the small things are the audition for the big things. Most of us are waiting for the big assignment while ignoring the small one in front of us. The small one IS the assignment.
Day of Small Things
Zechariah 4:10 · KJV
For who hath despised the day of small things?
In plain English
Don't look down on small beginnings. God doesn't.
“Big lives are built one small obedience at a time.”
What's Small Today
What's the small thing in front of you today? Reply to that text. Apologize for that thing. Pray for one minute. Read one page of scripture. The accumulation of these is a life that looks remarkably different over years.
Pray
Father, help me say yes to the small thing today. The unglamorous one. The one no one will see. Build something with it.
Write it down
What small obedience is right in front of you today? Will you say yes to it?
You finished: Small Faithful Yes
The big story is built from small ones. Say yes today. Say yes tomorrow. See where you end up.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Luke 16:10, Zechariah 4:10. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 6 short sittings.
- Luke 16:10
- Zechariah 4:10
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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