Proving Faithful

“Now it is required that those of you who have been given a trust, must prove faithful.” 1 Co. 4:2

When my children were young, on occasion (very few!) they would come to me and ask if there was something I wanted them to do to help me. I would generally give them an assignment and continue on with my own list. A little while later they would come to me and ask for additional assignments. Upon following up on their first duty I realized that instead of completing the first task, they had plopped down on the couch and watched their favorite show. In frustration I would ask them why they had offered their help only to fail to follow through. It generally was due to the fact they put their own desire ahead of the task at hand. Another cause was that the duty I had assigned wasn’t the one they had wanted. They had become bored, disinterested and lazy when asked to complete what they had been given.

Sound familiar? God will not entrust another assignment to us when we haven’t proved faithful with the ones He has previously given us. How many of us can actually name His Ten Commandments from the Bible? How can we obey and prove faithful when we don’t even know what the commands state? We cannot lay on our spiritual couches in our laziness. He has given us a precious trust of love, promise and blessings but we must prove faithful. He will never give us more assignments and blessings if we are sitting on the unfulfilled ones. ‘God doesn’t give you His commands so you can choose the ones you want to obey and neglect the rest. He wants you to obey all His commands from your love relationship with Him. When He sees you are faithful and obedient in a little, He will trust you with more.’ Experiencing God, p. 185.

As we experience life obeying the original ten commandments God will assign additional activity for us to accomplish for Him. As God sees our heart full of passion for Him and the desire to do His will we will be given additional tasks to complete.

‘To those who are given much, much is required.’