Today's daily lesson comes from Luke 16 verse 10:
"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."
The kingdom of God is more a matter of quality than it is quantity. It is a mustard seed, a pinch of leaven, the doffing of a hat. No matter how seemingly small and insignificant an act is, it has all the power to build or destroy the kingdom. As Mother Teresa said, "We are not called to do great things, but small things with great love." Small things matter.
One of Dr. King's more well-known sermons was his street sweeper sermon. In it he used the job of a street sweeper to talk about all of life's jobs being holy vocations.
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry," Dr. King said. "He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"
Today we may be asked to do something big and wonderful; but more likely we'll be asked to do something small and mundane. Regardless of how we or the world will see it in size, God will see it in substance. And in God's eyes we who are faithful in very little will also be faithful in very, very much.
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