Zecharia 4 : 10
Who despises the day of small things?
Lau Tzu, the founder of Tauism is supposed to have given us the saying: The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
We all have to start somewhere. Sometimes when confronted with a massive task it is really hard to get going. It seems too overwhelming. Actually the wise thing to do is to do something, even if that thing seems like the proverbial drop in a bucket.
Do you need to save £100 for something? Put those pennies into a jar. open a savings account even if it is a theoretical account whereby you allocate it on a savings budget. It might seem a silly thing to do when you consider how much needs to be saved, but you have made a start.
Also don't let people mock you and belittle you. Paul said to Timothy to not let people look down on you because you are young. - but set an example in speech, in life, in faith and in purity (1 Tim 4:12 ) . I other words he was saying Don't let anyone tell you that you are too young to do the job God has called you to do.
Saul - was surprised that he should be chosen as King because in his understanding he came from a small insignificant family of the tribe if Benjamin - the smallest of the tribes of Israel.
"The Lord is with you mighty warrior. " the angel said to Gideon who was threshing the wheat in the winepress because he feared the Amelikites would steal it all. "
Gideon said to the angel of the Lord "How can I save Israel? My tribe is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the least in my family. "
When God sent Samuel to anoint one of Jesse, Bethlehemite's sons Jesse lined up the older sons but David the youngest was not there. Jesse didn't think he was important enough. Even Samuel thought it might be Eliab but God said to Samuel "Do not consider his appearance or his height. Man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart. I am It was "little David who was anointed that day (1 Samuel 16:7) In the very next chapter we read of his confrontation with the giant of Gath, Goliath the Philistine. Small "insignificant " David defeated the Giant, not by his cleverness, though he was clever and drew to a certain extent on his experience as a shepherd, choosing to use that with which he was familiar rather than the the mighty sword of King Saul and the armour which did not fit. But the key to David's victory was the source of his confidence. He said to Goliath : "You come against me with spear and sword and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty. ... I'll strike you down and cut off your head. " As we know, that is what happened (1 Samuel 17 : 45 ).
I could go on to present many such examples: Esther, Joseph, Jeremiah. Moses, most of the disciples, Mary the mother of Jesus.
Do you feel insignificant or unimportant - I say to you that there are no unimportant people in God's eyes. Samuel was just a young boy when God called him. Paul put it this way- ii" When I am weak He (God) is strong.
If you think that you do not have anything worth contributing to a bigger cause, know that that small gesture might make the world of difference to someone.
Be encouraged.
