1 Timothy 1:12 “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service for this ministry.”
From our human perspective, the apostle Paul’s record as a zealous persecutor of Christians should have kept him from being in God’s service. Paul was known as the chief of sinners, as a blasphemer, and as a very violent aggressor (1 Tim 13-15). All of this changed when Paul was saved. He embraced the Christian life with the same fervency as he did before he was saved. Paul made sure that he completed every assignment God gave him, no matter how large or how small. Because of Paul’s faithfulness, Paul become one of God’s most trusted promoters of the Gospel.
Paul understood that everything he ever accomplished for God’s kingdom was because of the enabling power of God. He was not deceived into thinking that his own intellect or his own personal drive brought about God’s will. Instead, Paul was grateful for the opportunity to be tested and found faithful in any assignment, regardless of its size.
Your ability to serv e God is not based on your past, it is based on your faithfulness today. If you are faithful with the task God has entrusted you with, God will enable, He will empower you to accomplish the task. Do not make any distinction between big and small assignments from God. Paul saw every one of them as a privilege he did not deserve, and he did each one to honor and magnify and glorify God. Whether God has asked you to pray for someone, to help someone in need, to lead a Bible study, or to care for someone that is sick, strive to be faithful! As you serve Him, you, He will trust you with more and more. You will be able to join Paul in praising God for counting you faithful and putting you into His service (Luke 16:10).