Jim Powell Online

In was a Saturday afternoon and I needed to prepare for the Sunday School class I was teaching the next day. It was nice outside, and I really didn’t feel like preparing. It was then that an appealing thought ran through my mind… “You know it really doesn’t matter much… this is a small class with only a handful of students… one day I’m going to be a pastor and that’s when it’s really going to count.”

It was then that the Lord spoke to my heart. It was clear, swift, and convicting…. “He who is faithful in the little things will be faithful over much, and he who is unfaithful in the little things will be unfaithful over much” (Luke 16:10).  I immediately began to prepare.

Almost 20 years later I still think about that day. What if I wouldn’t have taken it seriously back then? What if I don’t take it seriously today? Is it possible that being faithful yesterday has enabled God to use me today? Is it possible that being faithful today means that God will use me in even great ways tomorrow? Only the Lord knows, but one thing I am sure of… I need to be just as diligent in the little things as in the big things.

Whatever it is that God wants you to do today IS the most important thing you can do. Instead of making excuses, avoiding, or dreaming about tomorrow, be faithful today.