His master said to him,

"Well done,

      good and faithful servant.

You have been faithful

              over a little.

I will set you over much.

Enter into the joy

               of the master."

           Matthew 25. 21

(We largely miss the point

              of this passage.

It means nothing at all

about achievements and success

     and "doing great things for God."

But all about trusting God

and loving Him with all one's heart

     and soul and mind and strength.

That's what faithfulness does.

Faithfulness does not differentiate

       between great and small,

       nor assign significance

          to one and not the other.

But being faithful to God embraces

   whatever He places in our hands.

Not for accomplishment

                  but joyful for His glory.

Even in what is

      before us today,

there is nothing but nothing

           God does not redeem.)

O LORD,

We are all given much

              by Your hand

       and in Your sight.

Open our hearts

    that we may see

    how to bring Your name to this

    and open the gates

                   to Your glory.

Help us to realize

    Your kingdom and purposes

are woven into

   even what we see as minor details,

      which are never too small.

May we be faithful to You, O God,

     in the ordinary and the extraordinary.

One and the same.