Whatever your duty is, you cannot be faithful to God unless you do your work as well as you can. To slur it is to do God's work badly. To neglect it is to rob God. The universe is not quite complete without your little work well done. “Be thou faithful” is the word that rings from heaven in every ear, in every smallest piece of work we are doing. "Faithful" as a measure of requirement is not a pillow for indolence. It is not a letting down of obligation to a low standard to make life easy. Faithfulness is a lofty standard. It means our very best and most always. Anything less is unfaithfulness. Thus the universe suffers, for the smallest duty not done or badly done leaves a lack or a blemish on the whole world's work.