Don't Despise the Small Things

"Who dares despise the day of small things..." Zechariah 4:10. When the temple was being rebuilt during the time of Zerubbabel, some of the people were not rejoicing, because the temple did not have the splendor of Solomon's temple. The focus of these few were through a "human's eye" view and not God's eye view.

How many times do we despise or ridicule even the small things we do for God's kingdom. We may not think these things are enough, or have the impact we desire, maybe they are not "flashy" enough to woo the people of the earth, but if these small things are what God has called us to do, who are we to despise the small things? When we look down on these small things, we are looking at them through our ability and our small frame of reference, when we should be looking at them through God's ability and His frame of reference. I mean after all, isn't it our job to plant and to water, but it's God's job to grow the seed.

I like what Weirsbe says, "Bible history is the record of God using small things. When God wanted to set the plan of salvation in motion, He started with a little baby, named Isaac. He used a shepherd boy and a sling to defeat a giant and a little lad's lunch to feed a multitude. He delivered Paul from death by using a basket and a rope. The church began with 120 people and today ministers around the world."

God calls us to work, not fret. He calls us to obedience, not questions. He calls us to faith, not flare. He is a God of small things that makes great things! Our focus must be on Him, then we can become the small He uses to make Him larger. When God becomes more in our life and in the lives of others we then bring Him great glory! Because "glory" means to make God larger!