Martin Luther King Jr. is credited with many fanciful quotes. One of them is this: “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” This hits directly at the core of the erroneous belief that doing great things is the only way to make impact. Little things done in a great way can as well be impactful. Quite frankly, most great feats have several little components that hold them together.

Little things done in a great way can as well be impactful. Quite frankly, most great feats have several little components that hold them together…it is by showing faithfulness at the lower level that earns us the right to be given higher responsibilities.

In our text, we find a reason to justify the importance of little things. Jesus got wind of the shortage of wine in Cana of Galilee. So he instructed them to fill the water pots with water. When they had done that, He asked them to take out of the pot and give to the master of the feast. By the time the master of the feast tasted the substance, he found it to be a better wine than what he had been served earlier. Arguably, fetching water was a little thing. However, without that the great feat of turning water into wine would not have been possible. Those unnamed servants who drew the water laid the foundation for the great feat that Jesus performed. It is pointless to be overly concerned with only grandiose things; rather, efforts should be made to ensure that the little things we are asked to do are done with all our might and in the spirit of faithfulness. In God’s reckoning, being faithful over what is little is counted as being faithful over much. Also, it is by showing faithfulness at the lower level that earns us the right to be given higher responsibilities.