And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.
1 Kings 13:26

Are you a man of faith? Yes! You are a man of faith if you are obedient in little things.
Faith is obedience and obedience is faith!  Having faith in God concerning big things is as important as having faith in God concerning little things. Therefore, obeying God in little things is as important as obeying God in big things. Obeying God in little things is very important for your ministry. Most people are concerned about obeying God in the big things.  But the little things are equally important!
If you have faith, you must have faith in the big commandments as well as in the seemingly little instructions.  The story of the prophet who disobeyed the Lord will always stand out as an example of obeying God in little things and big things.
The prophet had such great faith in the commandment of the Lord to prophesy against the King Jeroboam.  He risked his life in order to give this great prophecy.  But he was also given a small instruction about his dinner: “Do not have dinner in the city of Bethel.  Eat your dinner outside the city of Bethel.”  This was a far easier, apparently minor instruction.  The prophet obeyed the big instruction but failed to obey the minor commandment of the Lord.  Thus he made a big mistake in his ministry. He had faith for big commands but no faith for little instructions.
Many times I have seen pastors failing in ministry because their faith is only in the big instructions.  If you tell them to pray, to fast or to have an all-night, they are likely to obey. If you tell them to communicate whilst on the mission, they are likely to disobey.  I have seen people lose their ministry because they failed to “ I have seen people lose their ministry because they failed to communicate or stay in touch.  The successful missionaries that I have sent succeeded because they followed the little instructions.
I have had the privilege of going to Korea to learn about church growth from David Yonggi Cho. I went to Korea to “learn the big skill called “Church Growth”.  This was my whole intention.  However, God showed me so many little things that were equally important. The many little things I learnt from Yonggi Cho probably outweigh the lessons about church growth that I received from Yonggi Cho. God showed these little things to me and they have radically transformed my life and ministry. I am sure you would like me to say what those many little things are but I will not say so here.  Just believe that having faith, being obedient in little things may change your life even more than your obedience of the big things.

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the “altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. And he gave a sign the same day, saying, this is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy “God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine “house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
1 Kings 13:1-10

Through obedience in little things you will have a great life and a powerful ministry.  You are crossing every hidden blockade.
Keep listening to messages!  It is your master key to increasing your faith.  The more preaching you listen to, the more your life is changing.  It is not only when you listen to preaching on the topic of faith that your faith increases.  All kinds of preaching will increase your faith.  Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the word of God.  I see you rising and jumping into your new and blessed life by faith.