Right Square in the Forehead

Luke 16:10 just hit me right square in the forehead. After I had answered a phone call from a guest about the time of our continental breakfast, I was hit with the realization that I need to answer every call the way I just had - with politely and pleasantly.

I remembered what Jesus said, "He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much."

I've referred to that verse several times in my Bible classes this year, but it didn't strike me the way it did last night.

To be honest, I see my job at the hotel as "a very little thing" - something not all that significant, a means to the end of a paycheck. But if God is to entrust me with more, I need to be faithful in the "very little thing."

I understood that concept before last night, but the Lord brought it to my mind suddenly and made its application very clear.

May I be faithful in the "very little thing" and trust God for the "much."

"Soon"

My reading of C.S. Lewis' classic fiction series "The Chronicles of Narnia" has brought me near the end of The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader."

Aslan says to Lucy, "Do not look so sad. We shall soon meet again." Lucy responds by asking, "Please, Aslan, what do you call soon?" "I call all times soon," said Aslan.

It's the same with the Lord Jesus Christ and those of us who follow Him. We know we will meet and see Him again. We know that we shall soon meet again. Revelation 22:7a, 12a, and 20 record Jesus as saying, "I am coming soon!"

But what does He mean by "soon"? He calls all times "soon."

So what do we do in the meantime? We occupy until He comes. "You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him" (Luke 12:40). One of the primary ways we can be ready is to be faithful to Him, consistently obeying and trusting Him as we look to His return.

His coming will be soon, just not in the way we understand soon. Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!