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Faithful in Little Things, June 6
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast
been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Luke 19:17
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Talents used are talents multiplied. Success is not the result of
chance or of destiny; it is the outworking of God’s own providence,
the reward of faith and discretion, of virtue and persevering effort. The
Lord desires us to use every gift we have; and if we do this, we shall
have greater gifts to use. He does not supernaturally endow us with the
qualifications we lack; but while we use that which we have, He will
work with us to increase and strengthen every faculty....
Through faith in the power of God, it is wonderful how strong a
weak man may become, how decided his efforts, how prolific of great
results. He who begins with a little knowledge, in a humble way, and
tells what he knows, while seeking diligently for further knowledge,
will find the whole heavenly treasure awaiting his demand. The more
he seeks to impart light, the more light he will receive....
The man [in the parable] who received the one talent “went and
digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.”
It was the one with the smallest gift who left his talent unimproved.
In this is given a warning to all who feel that the smallness of their
endowments excuses them from service for Christ. If they could do
some great thing, how gladly would they undertake it; but because they
can serve only in little things, they think themselves justified in doing
nothing. In this they err. The Lord in His distribution of gifts is testing
character. The man who neglected to improve his talent proved himself
an unfaithful servant. Had he received five talents, he would have buried
them as he buried the one....
However small your talent, God has a place for it. That one talent,
wisely used, will accomplish its appointed work. By faithfulness in
little duties, we are to work on the plan of addition, and God will work
for us on the plan of multiplication. These littles will become the most
precious influence in His work.
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