Small Beginnings
– From Ending Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer
Zechariah 4:10
For who has despised the day of small things?
For these seven rejoice to see
The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
They are the eyes of the Lord,
Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”
You are probably believing God for something to come to pass in your life. If you look, you will find evidence of a small beginning. God gives you seed, perhaps only a little, tiny seed, something that causes you hope. Rejoice over that seed. It is a sign of greater things to come.
When you despise something you regard it lightly. You count it as nothing and don’t take care of it. But if you don’t take care of what God gives you, you will lose it. You need to be content during the small things. You know the Lord is the Author and Finisher (see Hebrews 12:2). What He begins, He completes (see Philippians 1:6). Don’t curse your seed by complaining or proclaiming negative things over it. Instead say, “Lord, this is only a little thing, but thank you for giving me some hope, something to hold on to. Thank You, Lord, for a beginning.”
From the book Ending Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer. Copyright 2004 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.