Just be Faithful

Read Luke 16: 1-13
Key Passage: Whoever is trustworthy in little things can be trusted with big ones… -Luke 16:10a

The past few weeks I have been struggling with the desire to see more people come to the Lord. Maybe this desire has felt somewhat like a burden. I look around at the mass of people in my neighborhood that do not have a personal relationship with the Lord. The average person on the street would answer positively if asked the question: Do you believe in Jesus? Their response would be, "Of course, I 'believe' in God".
We live on a block that houses about 10,000 people in high-rise type apartments. I look out of my kitchen window and just wonder about the many families that live in the windows across, above, and below me. The burden for lost souls becomes so heavy. I often ask Lord, "What can I do about this lostness, when I am so small, Lord?" I walk the streets and see the drunkenness. I see men and women sleeping off the alcohol while the curb serves as their pillow. I see black eyes and punctured faces on public transportation. I hear the stories of volunteers that come to give love to orphan children. I see children in gangs that meet right outside my home. My children have even walked over spilt blood where no body was left to be seen. We watch as street kids do manual labor for a "boss" down the street, who knows their every move. I often think, "If they only knew You, Lord."
The burden is too great to carry! As I have been having a home Bible study with one lost friend the past few weeks, the Holy Spirit lightened this burden I have been trying to carry alone. If I remain faithful in the small ways, He will allow me to be faithful in much. My friend began a relationship with the Lord this week. Last night, God brought me to this scripture again as I read the parable of wise management. Just be faithful with the one. Be trusted with very little. The one. The little. He will be faithful with the masses. Because of your faithfulness with the little, the one, you are faithful in your service for Me, and I will bring the masses of St. Pete through the one. You ARE faithful in much when you first obey and do the little!
Application: Tell the one.
-L.Burch, A Woman’s Path to God, path 40