Faithfulness
yields fruit...
Regardless
of what we are faithful to, results ensue. If we are faithful to laziness,
we'll receive the fruits that are commensurate with laziness. If we are
faithful in our jobs this week, we'll receive the fruits of our labor
(paycheck!). Foolish behavior will bear fruit; it may be something minor or it
may land a person in jail; it may simply break a friendly relationship or it
may cast a soul into hell.
"Whoever
tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be
honored." (Proverbs 27:18, ESV) Want to eat? Tend the garden. Want a long
career? Do your job and respect your boss. Be faithful.
Sometimes,
however, there is much more at stake than a fig or a dollar. Jesus said,
"One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one
who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have
not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true
riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will
give you that which is your own?" (Luke 16:10-12, ESV) God wants to give
us much more than money, but if we cannot be faithful with little things that
are in our hands, why would God want to give us MUCH BIGGER and MUCH BETTER
things? If we won't be faithful with simple, temporal things, will we be
faithful with things of eternity?
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