LITTLE PEOPLE!   DFO974   6/9/80

         1. WHEN THE DAY OF REWARDS COMES AROUND, the Great Judgement Seat of Christ in Heaven, & we get our crowns & our stars, we're going to see some of the littlest people come up that we never even realised existed, to get some of the greatest crowns, because they were little folks who were behind the scenes, almost unseen & unknown, who did the humblest jobs, the humblest administrations, to make the ministry of the others possible.
         2. So don't forget that, you stars & performers, musicians & singers & all the rest!--Without those little nobodies, you'd be nobody, absolutely nobody, because you cannot carry on without them.--It's the little people who keep the Kingdom going.
         3. So don't minimise or belittle or neglect the credit that they deserve for making your highly exalted visible ministry possible, because they're going to get just as much credit as you--& maybe even more--because you have your reward. You, in a way, get your reward from the response that you receive from your audience & their words of appreciation for you.--We don't do it for that motive, but nevertheless you do get a lot of it right here & now.
         4. But a lot of those nobodies who are slaving away behind the scenes, scrubbing floors & doing dishes & cooking & having babies & teaching the children & helping financially, litnessing & provisioning & all the rest, the mechanics who take care of the cars & the technicians who run the machines--a lot of them are not getting much reward now, & sometimes they don't even get much thanks from you!
         5. BUT GOD KNOWS, GOD SEES, & "thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly"! (Mt.6:4,18) One of these days the whole World & all Heaven & all Earth & all Hell are going to know who the little people are & what you did & how much you sacrificed & how hard you worked & how little thanks & appreciation you got!
         6. If you don't give'm some reward here & now, God's going to give it to'm then & there.--And it may put you to shame, because God had to reward them extra heavily & give'm an extra crown with more stars because you failed to do so here!
         7. So don't forget it! Love them & be good to them & give them credit where credit is due & help them & show them appreciation, gratitude & thanks--thank them for every little thing they do. Encourage them & help them & strengthen them & nourish them & feed them & make their job as easy as you can.
         8. DO YOU MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO BE GOOD? Remember that little story I told you about the sweet little Christian girl?--She was such a blessing to the neighbourhood children, always doing good things for them & the people around, & then, for some reason, the Lord took her away, she died. So they came to her parents with a little scribble written on a piece of paper & asked if this could be put on her tombstone. And guess what it was?: "She made it easy for us to be good!"
         9. Do you make it easy for others to be good? Do you try to show your thanks many times over, day after day? You can never say "I love you" too often! Be good to them & love them & thank'm & kiss'm & tell'm you love'm a hundred times a day & try to make it easy for them to be good.
         10. Do you kiss your housekeeper often? Do you kiss your cook & love'r up good often? Do you kiss & love & hug & make love to your laundress?--I do mine!--That's part of their reward, part of their thanks, one way they know that I really appreciate'm & love'm.
         11. After all, the happier I make them, the happier they'll make me! I don't do it with that motive, selfishly, but every employer oughtta know that the better he is to his employees, the better his employees are going to be to him!--You can't give without getting, you can't reward without receiving in return.
         12. You can't ever outgive God, & one of the ways of giving to God is being good to His little ones, the little people, the nobodies, the ones who minister to you. So don't forget that. Without the nobodies, you'd be nobody!--Will you remember that little saying?
         13. MAY GOD HELP US TO BE GOOD TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE, THE LITTLE FOLKS. Don't neglect them, don't forget them, don't forget to praise them, thank them, love them & take good care of them, amen? So God bless'm!--& you bless'm!