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\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Josh Wilson Music<\/a><\/p>\n

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Whoever is faithful in very little is also faithful in much, and whoever is unrighteous in very little is also unrighteous in much.\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>– Luke 16:10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHis master said to him, \u2018Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master\u2019s joy.\u2019\u00a0 <\/span><\/em>– Matthew 25:21<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.<\/em> – Colossians 3:23<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. – 1 Timothy 3:13<\/a><\/em>
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Here we go again! Round Two on life in the small<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Lord has really been speaking to my heart of late in being faithful in the small things. Just a week ago, I posted on this very thing – Days Packed With Ordinary<\/em><\/a>. Today we will go deeper still in this being faithful with the little.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our hearts can get so entangled with ambition and greed. We as Christ-followers are meant to be dead to all that, but it creeps in if we are not vigilant to keep our eyes on Him. Even in our faithfulness in doing the small things, we must be wary of that tiny thought taking root in our hearts…that thought of doing to please – either God but too often people. One would think that good works done to please God is a good thing…make sense, right? Yet, it takes on a whole other color when we act in hopes of pleasing God more – <\/em>maybe even to get more<\/em> from Him. Maybe to please him more than one of our brothers or sisters. Oh this journey!!<\/p>\n

Our focus is off here if this is our struggle. It’s “not about us”. When we are faithful in the big and small, it’s not always because we do what we do well. No, it doesn’t always work out that way. The key is that we do, in the small and big, what we do because of Him. Our love for God trumps every other motivation.<\/p>\n

Discern What Pleases God Himself<\/em> – John Piper<\/a><\/p>\n

As I’ve thought of this taking joy in the small<\/em>, many different people have come to mind. Here are just a few of them:<\/p>\n