[image: Purpose Driven Connection - Daily Devotional] April 2, 2009
Servants Do Every Task With Equal
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by Rick Warren
In our Devotionals series, Pastor Rick Warren discusses the Bible passages
that inspire him the most. Today's Devotional is based on this
passage: "Unless
you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones. If
you cheat even a little, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities"
(Luke 16:10 NLT).
Servants do every task with equal dedication. Whatever they do, servants
"do it with all their heart" (Colossians 3:23 NIV).
The size of the task is irrelevant. The only issue is, does it need to be
done?
You will never arrive at the state in life where you're too important to
help with menial tasks. God will never exempt you from the mundane. It's a
vital part of your character curriculum. The Bible says, "If you think you
are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself.
You are really a nobody" (Galatians 6:3 NLT).
It is in these small services that we grow like Christ.
Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing
feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was
beneath him, because he came to serve. It wasn't in spite of his greatness
that he did these things, but because of it, and he expects us to follow his
example (John 13:15).
Small tasks often show a big heart. Your servant's heart is revealed in
little acts that others don't think of doing, as when Paul gathered
brushwood for a fire to warm everyone after a shipwreck (Acts 28:3).
He was just as exhausted as everyone else, but he did what everyone needed.
No task is beneath you when you have a servant's heart.
Great opportunities often disguise themselves in small tasks. The little
things in life determine the big things. Don't look for great tasks to do
for God. Just do the not-so-great stuff, and God will assign you whatever he
wants you to do.
There will always be more people willing to do "great" things for God than
there are people willing to do the little things. The race to be a leader is
crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants.
Sometimes you serve upward to those in authority, and sometimes you serve
downward to those in need. Either way, you develop a servant's heart when
you're willing to do anything needed.
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest,
Calif., one of America’s largest and best-known churches. In addition, Rick
is author of the New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven Life and The
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