Cutting Both Ways

"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much." Luke 16:10

This verse is often used as reason to not entrust someone with more responsibility or authority. However, this is a sword that cuts both ways as many parables are. We should use this wisdom to avoid giving more responsibility to someone who clearly cannot handle it, but we should also remember that when someone does prove trustworthy with little that we should not shrink back from trusting them with more. When we start thinking of these parables in only one way, we start losing opportunities to better our lives and the lives of other around us.