If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. Luke 16:10
In 1 Samuel 17, when David was in the shepherds’ fields, his father told him to take a provision of food to his brothers who were serving on the battlefield.
David could have said, “Samuel anointed me to be the next king, and now you want me to be an errand boy to brothers who disrespect me?”
If David had been too proud to serve others, to do what seemed insignificant, he wouldn’t have faced Goliath.
It was a test he had to pass.
Had he not been faithful to do the small, he would have missed his destiny.
If we are faithful in the small that God is asking us to do, He will trust us with more.
Once we do the insignificant thing, the door will open to the big thing. We need to pass those tests.
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