“He who is
faithful in a very little thing, is faithful also in much, and he who is
dishonest and unjust in a very little thing is dishonest and unjust also in
much.”
Luke 16:10 (Amplified)
After
Daniel’s rise to leadership we catch up with him again in the Book of Daniel
chapter 10. Daniel has a great vision and an angel of the Lord is about to give
Daniel some tremendous revelation concerning events to come:
“He said,
“Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about
to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he
said this to me, I stood up trembling. Then he continued, “ Do not be afraid,
Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to
humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in
response to them.”
Daniel 10:11-12
One might
think that God just happened to choose Daniel for such a great honor, however
it was not a random selection. Daniel 6:10 tells us that Daniel had
demonstrated a faithfulness to prayer!
“Now when
Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs
room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down
on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.”
Daniel’s
faithfulness to daily prayer opened the door to a visitation from heaven. These
big things that God was doing in Daniel’s life were a result of his
faithfulness in the little things. His
ascension to governor began with a commitment to maintaining his firmly held
dietary laws. His becoming a conduit of great revelations from God began with a
commitment to daily prayer.
We see a
similar pattern in the life of King David. 1 Samuel 17:48-51 tells us:
“As the
Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line
to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and
struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he
fell facedown on the ground. So David triumphed over the Philistine with a
sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine
and killed him.”
David
defeats a skilled warrior. A giant! How does one prepare for such a
confrontation? The answer we read in 1 Samuel 17:34-36:
“But David
said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or
a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it
and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized in by its
hair, struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both the lion and the
bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has
defied the armies of the living God.”
Keeping
sheep may not seem like much compared to slaying a giant, but David’s
faithfulness to it opened up the door to much more; eventually the kingdom! Too
often we want “the much” without being willing to do the little. Are you only
willing to be obedient to God in the big things? The truth is that God cannot
and will not use us in the great things until we prove our faithfulness in the
small things. Faithfulness in the little things puts us in line for the great
things God has in store for us.
Pastor Scott
Burr
http://faithandworshipseries.blogspot.com/
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