28 October LUKE 16

Little and much

Luke 16:10-13(MSG) Jesus went on to make these comments: If you’re honest in small things, you’ll be honest in big things; If you’re a crook in small things, you’ll be a crook in big things. If you’re not honest in small jobs, who will put you in charge of the store?

Luke 16:10-12(ESV) “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

The principle of little and much:

This principle teaches us that what we do in this life will determine what we have in the life to come. God tests us in the little things of this life, before we get the real blessings of the world to come because He can tell from what we do in this life, what we should have in the life to come.

If we aren’t faithful in the little things, we will not be entrusted with the greater things – the much of the world to come. So, whether it is how we use our wealth in this life, or how we fulfil the tasks that God gives to us in this life, we are being tested.

Matthew 25:23(AMP) His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of many things; share in the joy of your master.’

Luke 19:17(AMP) And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you proved yourself faithful and trustworthy in a very little thing, you shall have authority over ten cities .’

We have been given much, and God desires us to use what He has given to further His Kingdom and proclaim His glory. It’s what we were created to do.

I conclude with Luke 12:42-44(AMP) The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward , whom his master will put in charge over his household, to give his servants their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.