Luke 16: 10 "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. 11 And if you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, who will trust you with the true riches of heaven? 12 And if you are not faithful with other people's things, why should you be trusted with things of your own?
13 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

It's not the "bIg" decisions that trip us up. We readily can decide that certain things are off limits - murdering someone, stealing a car, having an affair, throwing away our life savings on the lotto, not quitting our job & being a beach bum in Key West (hmmmmmm) - you get the picture.

It's the small things that we feel we can fudge on, because they're small stuff - they won't hurt anyone. Stuff like...
White lies
another piece of cheesecake
looking at that on those "those kind" of pictures that pop up on Myspace (or plenty of other places) all the time
sharing that "prayer concern" with someone when we've really just gossiping
when someone gives us too much change or doesn't add up our bill correctly (in your favor) & we don't mention it
when we HAVE to have something - the latest video game, the newest DVD, the most current technology, new car, apartment, clothes, _______ (you fill in the blank) that we really don't need - you get the idea. An indulgence that is stricly an expression of our self-centeredness
not hating someone, but simply ignoring them, snubbing them, or being condescending to them
using that cuss word jst one more time
ignoring people in general
making life more about me than about others - after all, nobody's gonna look out for me but me
keeping score, just a little bit
not defending someone when we should, just keeping quiet

Our personal integrity isn't revealed in the BIG decisions of life. Who we are & what we're all about is revealed in the day to day - how we handle the "small" things, ideas, situations, stuff - reveals who we really are.

John Savage says that "people cannot not tell you who they are." If we watch them long enough, listen to them closely enough, & remember their actions in different situations, they will reveal to us who they really are.

It is in the small stuff that we see this

If we're faithful to God when no one's around, we'll no trouble being faithful when there's a crowd.

God sees our hearts & knows what we do & why we do it. Let's covenant together to let His holiness, consistency, & integrity invade every corner of who we are. That way, we become more the person He dreams us to be so long ago.

(oooo, that last paragraph sounded kinda super-spiritual - you know what I meant by that, didn't ya?)