Little Things Lead to Big Things
Sometimes opportunities cross our paths that seem small or insignificant. Perhaps you don't quite see how a seemingly little thing can fit into the big picture of your life. However, if you know in your heart that God is presenting you with an opportunity, He has a purpose for it. He can use that opportunity to increase you and promote you beyond your wildest dreams.
Long before Joel and I became Pastors of Lakewood Church, I spent many years helping his father get ready for the weekly services and television program. Now, it wasn't something I had planned on doing, but it all came about when his hair stylist announced her resignation. I happened to be standing there when she did, and Joel's father immediately turned to me and asked if I would take her place. I wasn't a hairdresser. I didn't go to cosmetology school. My first thought was, "If you're bold enough to trust me, I'm bold enough to do it. It's your hair!" And the rest is history.
Joel's father used to tell us that he was going to preach into his nineties, and we had no reason to believe differently. I just figured I would be right there helping him. I remember one day, I was calculating how old I would be when he was ninety; and I can tell you, I would have been doing his hair for a long time! Nevertheless, I was committed. I said to God, "If this is what You have for me to do, I am going to be the most faithful person You can find." And I was faithful even when there were many other things I would have rather done, given the choice. At the time, it was difficult to see how this fit into the "big picture" of my life or where this could possibly take me. But I just kept meditating on that scripture, "If you will be faithful in the little, God will trust you with much more." (See Matthew 25)
What I didn't know at the time is that God was preparing me for ministry through that experience. As I look back over my time with Daddy Osteen, I wouldn't trade it for the world! He loved me and I loved him. Learning from him about ministry prepared me for where I am today. I believe if it were not for those years we spent together, I would not have the same opportunities.
Always remember, when you are faithful with what God has called you to do, no matter how big or small, you are planting seeds for your future. If you want to grow and increase in any area of your life, you have to use what you have been given, and then God will multiply it. Stay faithful. Give your best to whatever you do because you never know what door God will open when you are faithful in the little things.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." (Colossians 3:23-24, NIV)
Long before Joel and I became Pastors of Lakewood Church, I spent many years helping his father get ready for the weekly services and television program. Now, it wasn't something I had planned on doing, but it all came about when his hair stylist announced her resignation. I happened to be standing there when she did, and Joel's father immediately turned to me and asked if I would take her place. I wasn't a hairdresser. I didn't go to cosmetology school. My first thought was, "If you're bold enough to trust me, I'm bold enough to do it. It's your hair!" And the rest is history.
Joel's father used to tell us that he was going to preach into his nineties, and we had no reason to believe differently. I just figured I would be right there helping him. I remember one day, I was calculating how old I would be when he was ninety; and I can tell you, I would have been doing his hair for a long time! Nevertheless, I was committed. I said to God, "If this is what You have for me to do, I am going to be the most faithful person You can find." And I was faithful even when there were many other things I would have rather done, given the choice. At the time, it was difficult to see how this fit into the "big picture" of my life or where this could possibly take me. But I just kept meditating on that scripture, "If you will be faithful in the little, God will trust you with much more." (See Matthew 25)
What I didn't know at the time is that God was preparing me for ministry through that experience. As I look back over my time with Daddy Osteen, I wouldn't trade it for the world! He loved me and I loved him. Learning from him about ministry prepared me for where I am today. I believe if it were not for those years we spent together, I would not have the same opportunities.
Always remember, when you are faithful with what God has called you to do, no matter how big or small, you are planting seeds for your future. If you want to grow and increase in any area of your life, you have to use what you have been given, and then God will multiply it. Stay faithful. Give your best to whatever you do because you never know what door God will open when you are faithful in the little things.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." (Colossians 3:23-24, NIV)