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Or … “One who is faithful in very little, is also faithful in much …” Luke 16:10a, ESV.

I just finished re-reading the gospel of Luke in my quiet times during December. I said to Bill one morning, This is so good. I should read the gospels more often! I guess I naturally lean into the epistles.

God used His megaphone to remind me of three important truths!

First, Luke 16:10 has long been a scripture that God has used to speak His desires, His truth to me. Sue, be faithful in what I’ve entrusted you with. Receive instead of initiating. And it stood out again.

I was excited about initiating and inviting a small group of friends to walk with me through a book and it’s accompanying study in the new year. I knew it would minister deeply! I was also considering taking advantage of a series of free coaching times. I wanted to learn the difference between coaching and discipling, or being a cross-generational friend? 

Then I listed my current commitments, including things I do with Bill. I listed other desires, like hospitality and coffee with friends. And I made room for the unexpected.

“Sometimes we need to give ourselves permission to be old.”
Thank you Bill! (Well, maybe)

I’ve heard my husband say this more than once. And really, am I in that “old” category?

And then other words slipped into my thinking: extrovert, stewardship, capacity, reality. What was God whispering to me?

Secondly,  When Luke 16:10 came to mind so did Psalm 92:14,

“They (the righteous) still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green.”

Age does not equate to spiritual fruit-bearing! I needed to hear that.

Thirdly, Jeremiah 31:3 is still true.

“I have love you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”

God and I had a conversation. I asked,

What would it look like to experience Your faithfulness in the new year?

Three things immediately came to mind.
* God’s faithfulness is a by-product of His love that doesn’t change.
* I needed to trust His wisdom and His care.
* God says He has continued His faithfulness. I needed to turn around, look back, and remember how I’ve already experienced it.

Faithful is my word for 2026.

My heart is to be faithful to the ministry God has entrusted me with while remembering that faithfulness is one of God’s best qualities. God is continually faithful to me. So for me to grow in Godliness (God-like-ness) is to grow in faithfulness.

“Little is much when God is in it.”
William Carey, the father of modern missions

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“God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling,
not because of our works
but because of His own purpose and grace,
which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,”
II Timothy 1:9

Copyright: Sue Tell, December 2025