Faithful in Little Things

He who is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; 

and he who is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much. 

Luke 16:10

Character building is one of the most important and tough lessons to learn in becoming useful vessel in serving the Lord; I believe the same applies to every walk of life. In the Bible, one of the important character traits is faithfulness, which is mentioned again and again. Yes, faithful not merely in big and important things only but also in daily minute matters. This is what the Lord has been teaching me these days.

Once you put a hand on anything, do your best with all faithfulness. The true test of this lesson is in minute and meager things on a day to day basis which is mostly likely negligible. But if one can be found faithful even in these things, he or she will be very useful in the Lord's hand.                              

This is one of the lessons I have been learning. Whenever I put my hand on anything I was reminded to do my best and never leave the work half-done. Any work, whatever nature, I must handle with utmost care and finish it at the earliest. At times there were temptation to give it up or take a short-cut way. But I have been reminded again and again by a brother's statement, "The shortest way is the longest way". I believe he spoke this from life experience. My experiences proves it all.

There were many menial house works that cropped up in my house the last few weeks, like water tap leakage, sink leakage, toilet flash leakage, door handle malfunctioning etc. It was very easy just to call a plumber and pay him for the work. Even table, laptop and computer malfunctioning. But I determined to put my hands on it and solve all the problems. In the midst of my busy schedule, I took time out to do all these menial jobs, and I was very happy to do it myself. As long as the job could be done, I prefer to do it myself, not just to safe money, but as a matter of character training and fulfilling responsibility. In these small small things, I learn many lessons of life, even spiritual lessons.

If I cannot be faithful and responsible for small and minute things of my own, how can I be faithful and responsible for the things of others, much less, even God's? True lessons and character building starts from home itself.

Thank the Lord for the opportunity to learn to be faithful in little things at home as a preparation for the greater things the Lord has reserved in time.