Read through the Gospels in a Year: Luke 16:10-18
Read the New Testament in a Year: 1 Timothy 6:11-21
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much …” Luke 16:10
When Johnda and I were first married, a guy at the company I worked for told me about this amazing investment opportunity that was “too good to be true”. I remember he said, “Just trust me on this”. I learned a lesson that week that if it sounds too good to be true then it usually is. I invested a large amount of our money only to lose it all. Needless to say, I never trusted that guy or that company again with investments. My story is the opposite of what Jesus taught.
He his teaching us about the essence of trust in our reading for today. If we are trustworthy with something that has a little value, we can also be trusted with something that has greater value. Jesus indicates that we can also be trusted with more than worldly wealth. Life for us as followers of Jesus is really about handling true riches, and those would include faith and salvation and all the blessings they involve. (See, for example, Ephesians 1:3-14; 2:1-10; 3:14-19; 4:1-6:20.)
True riches are found in relationships of faith, trusting God and trusting each other. Trust develops steadily and gradually over time. A believer who has trusted Jesus for forty years can tell you that his or her trust in God keeps growing, often through challenges and times of testing. Healthy trust that’s rooted in a vibrant relationship with God also helps us to trust other people in our lives, for Jesus’ sake.
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