Faithfulness.

I was talking to someone recently about a job for my brother and they told me that this company that wanted to interview him was just looking for someone who would actually show up, on time. That has to be the lowest qualification for a job that I have ever known. In fact it seems so incredibly simple to meet those two requirements that anyone could do it. Guess what? They couldn’t find a person!

Faithfulness. Faithfulness is making the insignificant significant. Faithfulness is making those tasks that are assigned to you, and entrusted to you, significant no matter how small or big they are. How you handle little decisions and little tasks today will determine how you will act in your great moments of decision.

The church is built on faithful people; People who make what seems like an insignificant task, significant. And they do that task as if they are doing it for Jesus himself! Great leaders are faithful.

Faithfulness extends to so many levels. It is showing up on time. It is showing up prepared. It is how you do that job. It is how you show up, what frame of mind you have, your attitude. It is loyalty. It is dependability. And then it is repeating that same habit week after week.

I have been on teams that had faithful people showing up on time but also showing up with a negative attitude! That is not faithfulness. I would rather have a middle of the road leader who shows up every week than a great leader who shows whenever.

I thank God for faithful people! People that I just know will be there and ready to serve.