Don't Despise Small Things

O. T. #2289  "Don't Despise Small Things"

Sept. 29, 2022 

Zechariah 4-Part 3

LET IT GLOW

I have told the way our previous church built its new sanctuary with classrooms and offices. People donated money and time and skills so we were able to build it debt free. God can do anything.

The two olive trees beside the Menorah represented Zerubbabel and Joshua. The LOED had sent words directly to Zerubbabel in verses 6-10:

• It was not by military power (Israel had no military at that time); it was not by men's power (especially Zerubbabel); but it was by the Spirit of the LORD that enabled them to rebuild the Temple (after 10 years of delay). 
• By God's power, Zerubbabel would level the impossible mountain of the Jews. The unfinished Temple was their problem. The mountain would become a plain.
• When it was accomplished, there would be shouts of joy, "Grace, grace unto it."
• Zerubbabel's hands laid the foundation and would finish it.

A child of God on a mission of God is indispensable and indestructible. When it is God's program we are doing, His omniscience and omnipotence will accomplish what is impossible for people. (Luke 1:37)

God tells us, "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)

LET IT GROW

Who has despised the day of small things? Look at verse 10. A mountain to us is just a small thing to God. 

David Jeremiah tells the story of Hattie May. Her church in Philadelphia, in 1912, was crowded. The pastor, Dr. Conwell told Hattie May that he would love to have buildings large enough for everyone to attend. Hattie had been saving her money to help build a bigger church building. There was 57 cents in her purse. At her funeral, the pastor displayed Hattie's money in pennies. Proceeds came in and the church had enough to buy a nearby house for the children's wing. Eventually, the 57 cents was multiplied and buildings of Temple Baptist Church, Temple University, and Good Samaritan Hospital were built. 

Do you feel your gifts, time, talents, and efforts are too small to make a difference? Have you given them to God completely and asked Him to bless them richly? Our words of witness, our undertakings, and gifts can them be multiplied beyond anything we can ask or imagine. Remember to give God the glory when it happens.

LET IT GO 

Help our faith to grow so You can multiply what we give.

May we hold onto our Hope. for You never fail, nor are late.

Take courage in Jesus. 

Glory to God in the Highest!