Matthew 25:21 "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things..."
Luke 16:10 "He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much..."
Luke 19:17 "...because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities."
I Corinthians 4:2 "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."
I Timothy 1:12 "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry..."
I didn't feel this unfair at all as the Lord has already been working on my heart lately concerning full surrender. I took the initial "big step" a few weeks ago but have since realized that this is a continual thing of daily re-surrendering it all to Him.
I was just convicted again of this very point (being faithful) only moments ago. I was on a forum reading a post by a girl who admits to cutting herself and then feels it is unfair that her church will only let her work in the nursery and in no other positions because of her "issue". Of course I had the same thought you are having now, "Good!" (I'm not addressing the question of why is she working in the nursery???) Then I read on to the reply of a godly gentleman from the forum. He began by saying, "Among the first ways we are to "serve" is to surrender our lives to Christ. We can only truly serve in many areas in so much as we have surrendered our lives to Christ." I was instantly reminded of the sermon last night and the area the Lord convicted me in. How dare I be judgmental towards this girl when I myself obviously have some work to do before the Lord uses me in this huge ministry of my heart?
So I am here to share with you my failings. May I remind you of a part of a verse I quoted earlier? I Timothy 1:12 "And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry..." But! Praise the Lord, He has enabled me; He will help me! So I surrender yet again my time, my heart, my life to be dedicated to His service. To spend daily, serious time in my Bible and in prayer.
That said, I go to have some prayer time before I head to bed.
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day." Psalm 25:5
With Prayers, Sarah