Nothing is Unimportant

Matthew 25:23

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

The parable of the talents is a parable that reveals the character of the believer. The man traveling into a far country gave his servants a different amount of talents, or money, to care for while he was gone. He gave to one man five talents, to another two talents, and to the last man one talent. The key to having the blessings of their boss is what they did with what they had. This man could have easily given all eight talents to one man, but he chose to divide it up between the servants. Why did he divide the talents between the servants? He did so to see how they cared for what was given to them. It was this man’s way of discerning what they considered important. As we can see, two of the men traded the money and made more money, and it resulted in a commendation from their boss. He said to these men, thou has been faithful over a few things.

The revealer of your character is how you treat what most would consider unimportant. Treating importantly what most consider unimportant is what reveals how you will treat greater responsibility once given to you. Many want the great responsibility when they have not given their best to the “little” responsibilities they have. If a person will not care for that which they think is little as a big thing, they will not care for the big thing once they get it. It is how you treat the few things in life that reveal how you will conduct yourself when you are given greater things. Let me point out a couple principles from this truth.

First, there is no little thing in life. Every task is a great task, and every job is a great job. When you start qualifying what is little and big is when you start treating some things unimportantly and others importantly. You cannot fall into the trap of saying something given to you is unimportant. For instance, many go into debt because they feel a few dollars wasted here and there are not important, but the way a person gets into great debt is by wasting the few dollars here and there. Every dollar spent is important, and that is why every dollar spent should be spent wisely. Likewise, every thing you do in life is big and should be treated with the utmost importance. If it is not big, then it is not worthy of doing. As my mother used to tell me, “If it is worth doing, then do it right the first time.” She was teaching me the importance of treating everything importantly.

Second, how you treat the little you have tells everyone how you will treat the bigger things if given to you. Those who say they will start serving God once they are given a position will not serve God if they are given a position. If you serve God with your all when you have no position, you will serve God with your all when you do have a position. Position does not make a person treat things importantly; character is what makes a person treat everything importantly. If you don’t treat the few things you have importantly, you can't be trusted to treat bigger things importantly if given to you.

Third, your character is revealed by the treatment of what some would call the little things. If everything is treated importantly, you will never miss treating what is the critical element to success importantly. If you never allow yourself to treat anything unimportant, you will find success will come your way because you treated everything importantly.