DO NOT DESPISE SMALL BEGINNINGS

✍️𝐁𝐲: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐨

📖 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞:
"𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠?"
— 𝑍𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎ℎ 4:10 (𝐾𝐽𝑉)


𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. Never underestimate the power of humble beginnings—God delights in using the small to do great things.


𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. You may look at your ministry, business, family, or personal growth and feel as though you are not making an impact.

But today, God reminds you: Do not despise small beginnings. That little prayer you prayed, that act of kindness, that one soul you witnessed to, that simple seed you sowed—it matters. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬.

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬, but when planted, it grows into a great tree. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 before he became a king. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐢𝐥 became the miracle that sustained her family.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐆𝐨𝐝-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲. Stay faithful, stay consistent, and watch what God will do.

🔍 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:

🕊 𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠’ 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑠?
🕊 𝐼𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑜 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙?

⚔ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄:
Declare this truth today:
"𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭."

📝 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏:

𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔—𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡.

✍ 𝐕𝐎𝐖:
"𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐈 𝐯𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞."

🙏 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑:
Father, thank You for reminding me that small beginnings are precious in Your sight. Help me not to grow weary or despise the little things, but to trust that You are working in ways I cannot see. Strengthen my faith to believe for growth, increase, and impact according to Your will. In Jesus’ name, Amen.