Faithful In Little Is Faithful In Much

Someone that cannot be faithful in the little that is committed into their hands may not be faithful when much is entrusted in their hands. As a matter of fact, to know how committed someone will be in a much bigger entrustment, observe how is committed with the little. There are times that life will not give you everything you need at once but it is by being faithful with the little it has given to you that will qualify you for the much. Showing carelessness for the little things may disqualify you from gaining a far bigger thing because it is often your satisfaction from the little that makes people to entrust you with bigger things.

In your place of work for example, there are positions that your commitment, dedication, and faithfulness can get you into. A story was told of a Janitor in a company who was so committed and faithful to his work. He would be the first person to come to work even though he was not even among the main staff, and he will be the last person to leave because he would clean up everywhere when others have left. The company had four Janitors but he was the only one that showed exceptional faithfulness and dedication to his work.

A point came when they started giving him the key to the company facility because he was first to come and last to leave. He was also given other assignments outside his own and the other Janitors mocked him that the company was using him without paying him extra money. Yet, this did not make him to lower his standards, he kept doing his job faithfully with joy. A day came when one of the top managers relocated, so the space was vacant. While scouting internally for a replacement, the CEO of the company who normally saw the dedication of the Janitor called the Janitor for a brief informal chat. It was during the discourse that he discovered that he has a college degree but could not get work, so he decided to work as a Janitor.

Without any hesitation, the CEO invited the Janitor to their next board meeting. In the meeting, the CEO commended the Janitor for his faithfulness even when he was not being supervised. He then announced him as the replacement for the manager that left. That was how he moved from a Janitor to a managerial position with house and car benefits simply because of his faithfulness in the little that was entrusted into his hands. He did not know that all these while, the CEO had been seeing him and he got impressed, and it paid off later. If he was unfaithful in the little that was assigned to him, he might have missed out of the bigger things that would have been assigned to him.

Faithfulness to someone's assigned duties is also termed as "fidelity." One thing to know about fidelity is that it is not the size of the duty that determines one's fidelity but the determination and the sense of responsibility that you have attached to that particular duty. Attaching a sense of responsibility to your assignment creates the zeal to pursue after it to see it fulfilled. If you lack fidelity in someone's things, you will also repeat the same lack of fidelity in your own things. Not just that, much things may not be committed into your trust. This reminds me of a verse from the Holy Book as I paraphrase:

If you are unfaithful in the little, who will commit much into your hands?

Your faithfulness starts from the little and then grows into the much. If you feel that someone who is not faithful in little will suddenly become faithful in much, you will be disappointed. Faithfulness covers a whole lot of things; from your personal dealings with people, to your relationship, to your place of work, to assignments given to you, etc. You will agree with me that if you are a boss and you want to promote your staff, you will first consider the person that has faithfully and dedicatedly put in their best in the discharge of their duties before others. This is one of the benefits of faithfulness. If pays to be faithful even in the little things of life.

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