“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.

God looks for faithfulness in those He promotes as leaders (1 Timothy 1:12). Dr Edwin Louis Cole said that “our faithfulness makes us trustworthy to God.”

We must also look for faithfulness in those we promote to leadership (2 Timothy 2:2). In contrast we are warned against trusting in unfaithful men (Proverbs 25:19).

I like to call this “the faithfulness test”. We see in Luke 16:10-12 that there are three areas that we need to pass the faithfulness test.

1. Faithful with little things (Luke 16:10).
   The Bible says do not despise the day of small things (Zechariah 4:10). I have heard it said that “if we take care of the pennies then the pounds will take care of themselves”.
2. Faithful with money (Luke 16:11).
   There are two books that will show the state of our hearts – the Bible (Hebrews 4:12) and our cheque book (Matthew 6:21). If we are not faithful with £10 then we will not be faithful with £100.
3. Faithful with another man’s (Luke 16:12).
   This applies to property, business and ministry. In the Bible we see leaders who served faithfully under another leader before God gave them their own ministry. For example we see Moses and Joshua, Elijah and Elisha, Paul and Timothy.

Is there an area you need to be more faithful? If you are faithful with little, money and another man’s then God will entrust you with much, true riches and your own. Let’s pass the faithfulness test!