“A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing”.
As James O Fraser read the words, he knew his life would never be the same. The quote was from the famous China missionary Hudson Taylor, and James knew that this was to be his path too.
Arriving in 1908, it was eight years of hard work among the Lisu tribal people of South West China before there was breakthrough. But what a breakthrough. In the next two years, over 60,000 tribal people converted to Christianity.
James Fraser had faithfully worked among them, climbing their mountain ranges, sleeping on their floors, helping with the work, eating rats to survive. And in all of those first eight years he held on to the belief that if he was faithful in the little, God would ensure the results.
Jesus said ‘He who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much’ (Luke 16:10). So don’t give up. Keep going. Be faithful. James Fraser will be surprised to see his name written into history. It’s not why he served. But he knew His God was faithful. And he knew “A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing”.
I spoke on this and much more recently at KingsGate Church. Here's the copy and paste link:
http://www.kingsgateuk.com/Media/Player.aspx?media_id=47959&file_id=51335
