That Which is Least

It is spring. Outside, the sun is shining, birds are singing, and it is warm enough to be mistaken for summer. Inside, students and teacher alike struggle to keep focused as they near summer break.

It happens every year, this struggle to keep pressing forward when it seems much easier and more pleasant to coast into summer doing the absolute minimum. Perhaps you’ve never experienced this, but you might relate to feeling like coasting through the little things instead of giving them the time and effort they deserve.

We tend to view little tasks or details as unimportant, but that’s not how God views them:

“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”

Luke 16:10

How we treat the “little things” in life defines our character. Whether it’s little frivolous or foolish purchases (to which I am prone), or little tasks left undone, or little maintenance issues left unaddressed, or a “little” sin justified rather than repented of –each of these things adds up.

As followers of Christ, we have the responsibility to treat the little details of life with the same faithfulness as the ones that seem a bigger deal. After all, God often uses small things to prepare us for the larger.

We have been given much, and we are to be good stewards of all that God has given us, whether material or otherwise. After all,

“it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”

(1 Corinthians 4:2)

Just a reminder to run a quick character check today: how are you doing in being faithful in “that which is least?”