God's Service Par Excellence

When we choose to follow God, what we get doesn’t always match what we expected. No matter. Even if others ignore or forget you, whatever you’re doing for God is important to God. For that reason,” Elisha admonishes, “give your best wherever God puts you.”

I turn Elisha’s words over in my mind. It’s true that God’s ways are not our ways. What we want isn’t always what serves God best. Yet when we are willing to put ourselves in God’s hands and do what He asks, giving our best, God uses us. Even before I went further in the scriptures, I’m starting to understand some things about the way God works:

1. IF YOU GIVE YOUR BEST IN OBSCURITY, GOD WILL RECOGNIZE IT

2. IF YOU DO YOUR BEST IN THE SMALL THINGS, GOD WILL GIVE YOU BIGGER THINGS TO DO

In the ten years Elisha served Elijah, he was asked to do the lowliest of tasks. An officer of the king of Israel described Elisha as the one who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah. That was normally the job of a servant of low status. If Elisha did that, he undoubtedly performed other menial tasks during his decade of service.

If you are willing to do small things in the service of God, and do them with excellence, God will give you opportunities to do bigger things for Him when you are ready.

That's sincere lesson for leaders, real leaders.