Today's Bible reading is the 25th chapter of the Book of Matthew. You can read it here on Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25&version=NASB

To be faithful in a few things, even what we might consider the "small things" is pleasing to the Lord. In 1st Corinthians 9 the Apostle Paul said that he did "all things for the sake of the gospel". In Colossians 3 we read that we are to "do all in the name of the Lord Jesus" and that whatever we do, we are to do heartily as for the Lord. Certainly these are meant to include the great and the small, the significant and the seemingly insignificant, the important and the seemingly unimportant things.

They are challenging questions to ask oneself. Is the importance of the gospel ever-present in my mind each day in all that I do and say? Am I conscience to remember that God would have me to do the things that I do as unto the Lord? Making reference to the same truths, in the latter portion of today's passage Jesus tells us that in this life we are living that we will have the opportunity to see Him hungry and give Him something to eat, to give Him something to drink when He is thirsty, to invite Him in though a stranger, to cloth Him, to visit Him when He is sick and to go to Him while He is in prison. Of course He is not really talking about Himself but is again teaching that we are to serve as if we were serving Him, minister as if we were ministering to Him, etc... Oh Lord, may you help us to live for You. As we love and serve You may you grant us the joy of loving and serving others.
Greg