4月9日

標　　題： 在最小的事上忠心

經　　節： 人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心；在最小的事上不義，在大事上也不義。（路加福音十六章10節）

神嘉勉忠心的人。在你的一生，神會嘗試使你的信心成長。祂會不斷地領你走到你非信靠祂不可的境地。祂會領你到一個需要「微小」信心的處境。如果你能夠在微小的事上忠心，祂會領你到需要更大信心的處境。每一回你能夠更上一層樓地相信祂，祂會更多地向你啟示祂自己。你的信心與經歷神，是緊緊相連的。

分辨自己是否預備好，以便更多領受神啟示的最佳方法，是檢查你是否在神所交付的事上忠心。我們與神的關係有項基本原則：如果你在祂所交付給你的小事上忠心，你已經被交托更大的責任。如果你在小事上不忠心，祂不會交給你更多的重責。神給你的責任不會超越你當前對祂的信心與順服的程度。祂會把你帶回當初不忠心的事情上，直到你預備好要信任祂。以色列百姓不信任神能領他們進入應許之地，因此那世代的人不能與祂前往應許之地。

每回你相信祂，你就站在新機會的門檻，能夠更親密地認識神。信心的每一步將更加堅定你對祂的信心。更深、更親密地認識神，是祂公開的邀請。

Faithful in a Little

He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. (Luke 16:10)

God rewards those who are faithful. Throughout your life God will seek to grow you in your faith. He will continually bring you to times when you must trust Him. He will lead you into situations that require a “little” faith, and if you are faithful, He will then take you into situations that require even greater trust in Him. Each time you are able to trust God at a higher level, God will reveal more of Himself to you. Your faith and experiencing God are directly linked.

The best way to tell if you are prepared for a greater revelation of God is to see how faithful you have been with what God has given you. This is a foundational principle in God’s relationships with us: If you have been faithful with the little He has given you, you are ready to be entrusted with more. If you failed to trust God with the little He gave you, He will not trust you with more. God will not lead you beyond your present level of trust and obedience to Him. He will return you to your area of unfaithfulness until you are prepared to trust Him. The children of Israel were unwilling to trust God to lead them into the Promised Land, and their generation never again was able to move forward with Him.

You stand at an exciting new door of opportunity to know God more intimately every time you believe Him. Every step of faith leads you to a deeper relationship of faith with Him. It is an open invitation to know God more intimately.