“Giant Steps” is a 1960 composition by tenor saxophonist John Coltrane. It’s an incredible piece, and many jazz musicians like to cover it, but not without having “honed their chops” with a lot of practice and performance. Playing “Giant Steps” well is a matter of God-given ability coupled with disciplined and diligent “smaller steps”.

Disciplined and diligent steps of faith, accomplished in God’s supernatural strength, likewise prepare the way for giant steps tomorrow.

Mt 25:21 “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

The following (ordered alphabetically, because one’s not more important than another) is intended to serve as a basic checklist to self-evaluate faithfulness “over a few things” (ie “small steps”), and ought to be reviewed with frequent regularity:

• Confessing trespasses & praying for one another?

Jas 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

• Fellowshipping consistently?

Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

• Forgiving as God forgave?

Eph 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

• Giving?

Lu 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

• Serving others?

1Pe 4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. [NIV]

• Studying the Word?

2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. [KJV]

• Thanking God?

1Th 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Doing these faithfully can be difficult and overwhelming; however, don’t lose heart, but remember…

Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

OK – so let’s step out in faith!