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The Importance of the Few
Matthew 25:21
"His lord said unto him, Well done, thou 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 verse above is about the parable of the talents. There was a man who went on a long journey, and delivered to his three servants some talents to take care of while he was gone. Two of the three servants took their talents and reinvested them so at their master's return they had doubled what was given to them. One servant took his talent and buried it in the ground to keep from losing it. However, at the master's return, it was the two servants who doubled their talents who were commended. Their lord said to them, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:..."
In this parable you can see that Jesus was teaching that every small thing is important to Him. Too many people want more, but they don't treat what they have right now as important. God is interested in how you treat the few. Why should anybody be entrusted with more when they won't treat the little that they have right now with the proper importance? Though you may not think what you have is important, to God everything is important.
Your few is the testing ground for the many. You are not worthy of the greater until you treat with proper importance that which you currently have. I often hear people say that they want more responsibility or greater position, but the problem is they don't treat the responsibility or position they currently have with importance. You must realize that many leaders give the little tasks to you to see how you treat them. If you don't handle your little tasks and responsibilities importantly, then they will never give you greater responsibilities or positions.
If a pastor of a small church would treat everything in his church like it were a big church, then maybe God would allow the church to grow. Though this is not why every church is small, this could be a big part of why many churches don't grow. When pastors and church members of small churches treat their "small" church like it's small, then God sees this church can't handle growth. Let me remind you that in God's eyes there is no small church. If you are a pastor or member of a smaller church, then treat every duty like you would if your church was larger, then maybe God will decide to give you more.
Moreover, if you would like to be promoted to greater position, then treat your current position like it's big. Any wise leader will never promote someone who treats their position as little to a greater position. This would be a recipe for disaster. It is those who excel in their lower positions who should be promoted to greater position. If you want a higher position than you have now, then excel with where you are right now.
Likewise, you will never be blessed with greater finances if you don't handle your current finances wisely. There are many people who want to get rich, but they don't handle their current finances in a wise way. They spend instead of saving, and you will never be blessed with greater finances until you use wisdom in how you handle your current financial situation.
Simply put, treat everything you have responsibility over with importance, and you will find that the few things will increase to many. Everything you do and everything you have should be treated as important. Until you treat the little that you have importantly, then don't expect God to bless you with more. Treating the little like it is big is how promotion comes.