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Weekly Bible Verse – Can you be Trusted with Little (and Much)?
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. Luke 16:10 (NIV)
This week’s verse is a nice follow-on to last week’s. This week we further expound on some of the characteristics of being a good steward. In this verse Jesus himself discusses the Biblical concept of how being faithful when we are given only a little shows how we will behave when we are given much.
Be a conduit
This verse also explains how God continues to bless those who are faithful more and more. Think about it this way: I believe that God wants to use those who are faithful to Him in order to further His kingdom. If every time he blesses you with more, you turn around and give more and more away, you are then a useful conduit of His blessing. As a result, I feel that He is more likely to continue to bless you more and more as you’ve shown that you are faithful with a little and that you can be “trusted with much.”
Hoarding cuts off your blessing to others and eventually God’s blessing to you
Conversely, if you are wondering why you are not being blessed financially, maybe this verse explains that as well. Maybe you are not being an effective conduit of God’s blessings. If you hoard your blessings and as you get more, hoard even more of them, then what point is there for God to continue to bless you. You are not accomplishing His work and the increased blessing might just stop at some point. Remember, if you have not been faithful with a little, you are most likely not going to get the opportunity to be faithful with a lot.
Remember, more money does not solve money problems
On a slightly different topic, I think this verse also exposes the fallacy that having more money will solve any money problems you might have. I firmly believe that if you have money problems when you have very little of it, then having a lot of it will not solve any of those money problems. In fact, according to this verse, it will just multiply them. Here’s an example: If you can’t control your spending when you have a little, you won’t be able to when you have a lot either (Don’t believe me? Check this out).
In summary, don’t worry about all these possibilities of whether you have a little or a lot or whether you will get more or get less in the future. Instead, focus on being faithful with what you have. Glorify God through your financial decisions and use your resources, whatever they may be, to advance His kingdom. God will take care of you and everything else.
God bless and have a great week…
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Sometimes i think that people in less developed countires find it so much easier to relate to this verse, not because they have less but because they have to develop a reliance on God for their day to day needs. In western countries it is so easy for us to become comfortable and materialism centric, but hoarding gets us nowhere
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I am not sure that he who is trusted with little can be trusted with more, there are those who have little faith or rather weak faith, and frequently these are individuals who can later lose faith altogether, especially when tested, such as a death in the family or financial hardships. There is a Moslem saying “Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel”, meaning, I think, that many things in life are trying, but some are our own fault, even being robbed or beaten means there are brothers that still have not accepted the Word of God and there is work to still be done.
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THERE ARE TIMES IN A JOURNEY OF ONES LIFE BLESSINGS FLOW THAT’S GLORIFIES THE LOVE FOR GOD EVEN MORE THAN IT IS HAILED.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE WITHIN YOUR TRUST FOR ME.