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Today's Devotional

It is required of stewards that they be found faithful  —1 Corinthians 4:2 (ESV).

Too many people are not faithful in little things. They are not to be absolutely depended upon. They do not always keep their promises. They break engagements. They fail to pay their debts promptly. They come behind time to appointments. They are neglectful and careless in little things. In general they are good people, but their life is honeycombed with small failures. One who can be positively depended upon, who is faithful in the least things as well as in the greatest, whose life and character are true through and through, gives out a light in this world which honors Christ and blesses others.

            —J. R. Miller.

Duties retire evermore from the observation of those who slight them.

            —Sarah W. Stephen.

Great thoughts go best with common duties. Whatever therefore may be your office, regard it as a fragment in an immeasurable ministry of love.

            —Brooke Foss Westcott.

About the author and the source

J. R. (James Russell) Miller (1840–1912) was a Christian author and editor, and pastored various Presbyterian churches. Sarah W. Stephen (1815-1895) wrote the novel Anna: or Passages from the Life of a Daughter at Home, from which Mary Wilder Tileston took one of today’s quotes. Brooke Foss Westcott (1825-1901) was an Anglican bishop and a notable scholar of Bible texts. Mary Wilder Tileston (19th century) made several devotional collections.