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For who has despised the day of small things.
Zechariah 4:10

Everything big starts with something small; all God

needs is something to start with! Have you ever noticed

what the disciples said to Jesus just before He fed the 5,000?

Listen: "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves,

and two small fish, but what are they among so many?" ( John 6:9).

Is that how you feel today? The challenge is too big and

you're too small. Notice, the miracle of provision only

began when they took what they had and put it into

the Master's hands. As long as you try to claim or control

it, it will always be limited. But the moment you make

what you have available to God, it'll begin to multiply.

Imagine, just a boy's lunch - all God needs is something

to start with. The prophet Zechariah wrote, "Do not

despise this small beginning, for the eyes of the Lord rejoice

to see the work begin" ( Zechariah 4:10 TLB).

Don't be afraid to take small steps. Just make them

steps of faith and God will work with you.

Jesus said, "I will build my church" ( Matthew 16:18).

Build it with what? Twelve flawed people just like

you. But when He poured Himself into them He

was so concentrated in them that if just two of them

got together they could turn any town upside down.

"But I have so many weaknesses," you say. We all come

to the Lord damaged and in need of repair. The good

news is, you can be strong in certain areas and

struggling in others, yet God will still use you.

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