Faithful in Small Things
What you do when no one's watching.
Big things are downstream from small things done well.
The big idea
How you handle the small stuff is how you'll handle the big stuff. Always.
What does “Faithful in Small Things” 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 is how you'll handle big ones. There's no other formula.
Audition Mode
Most of us treat the small thing as a stepping stone to the big thing. God treats it as the actual thing. The dishes. The email. The unglamorous task. That's the audition. The character of your life is built right there.
Whatever You Do
Colossians 3:23 · KJV
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
In plain English
Do your work with full effort and integrity. Make it an offering to God, not just to impress people.
“How you do anything is how you do everything.”
The Quiet Wins
Show up when it's not glamorous. Finish what you started. Keep your word. Pay attention to the work in front of you. None of these will trend on social media. All of them are how a serious life gets built.
Pray
Lord, make me faithful in the small thing right in front of me. Don't let me skip past it looking for something bigger.
Write it down
What small thing in your life have you been treating as unimportant? How might it actually be the thing?
You finished: Faithful in Small Things
Big lives are built quietly. Stay faithful in the small. He's watching, even when no one else is.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Luke 16:10, Colossians 3:23. 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
- Colossians 3:23
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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