DO NOT DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS

For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel (Zechariah 4:10). Have you heard about the butterflies’ effect? In physics it describes how tiny changes in initial conditions (such as the flap of a butterfly’s wing) can affect weather thousands of miles away. Imagine, a fragile butterfly can alter weather patterns on another continent! Had it not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the weather system might have been vastly different.

What can you learn from this? You may feel insignificant at times, as fragile as the butterfly. It may seem like you are just flapping your wings when you are standing alone for truth and honesty in the work place or in the home. You say “what can I do in the face of a problem this big?” more than you think. Your faith, your words, your deeds, your prayers, your example, your kindness and persistence can release the power of God and activate the force of heaven to go to work in that situation.

God loves to use things that we consider to be insignificant, like Moses rod which parted the red sea or David’s sling shot that brought down the giant or a boy’s lunch that fed the multitude. Your flapping wings can initiate change that will influence lives around you for all eternity. Jesus said “if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain move from here to there and it will move and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20). It is not about the size of the seed you sow but about the God who can make it grow! It’s not about the prayer you pray but about the greatness of the one who answers prayers! It is not about how small you are now but the God that can make you bigger!