Luke 16:10
“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."
Is it important that a bank manager is focused on details? Would you trust a man to keep your finances if he couldn't remember where he parked his car at the end of each day?
Or, how about a cashier who just gave back paper bills instead of bothering with coins -- two dollars instead of $2.05? Even though it is a small thing -- you would feel cheated.
Sometimes seeing how people handle small things gives us an understanding about how they will handle bigger things. That is just something we have become accustomed to. We see the principle working with our kids -- with employees -- with coworkers -- with ourselves!
We give a small bit of responsibility, and we see what happens. It is sort of a training process -- or a proving ground.
Just a small amount, yes -- but a good indicator of whether we can entrust even more.
We have often heard of a large amount of money being found and returned to the rightful owner by a good citizen. -- It makes you think you could trust the finder with even more . . .
But -- how many times have you stopped to think about how you handle small things?
Do you take "sick days" from work to play hooky?
Do you look for ways to "trim" your tax obligations by being creative on your return?
Do you take one or two extra samples at the counter -- rationalizing that "they put them there for the customers" -- even though you know the intent was one per customer?
These are small things -- not big things. "Who would know,and who would care?", you might say.
Yeah . . . Who would?
Proverbs 15:3: The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
1 Timothy 5:24-25: The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.
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