Charles Spurgeon
Topic : Faithfulness, cf. perseverance, enduranceCharles Spurgeon preached to thousands in London each Lords Day, yet he started his ministry by passing out tracts and teaching a Sunday school class as a teenager. When he began to give short addresses to the Sunday school, God blessed his ministry of the Word. He was invited to preach in obscure places in the country side, and he used every opportunity to honor the Lord. He was faithful in the small things, and God trusted him with the greater things. I am perfectly sure, he said, that, if I had not been willing to preach to those small gatherings of people in obscure country places, I should never have had the privilege of preaching to thousands of men and women in large buildings all over the land. Remember our Lords rule, whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.