FOR WHO DESPISES THE DAY
OF SMALL THINGS?
(Zec. 4:lO)

GREAT EVENTS GROW out of small incidents. The beginnings of the mighty oak are in a seed no larger than the top of a finger. What a trivial occurrence in itself, apart from God’s command, was man’s first offence. Adam and Eve merely took and ate some fruit. Fruit is normally an excellent food and the eating of it to be encouraged in normal circumstances. Yet what woe has multiplied to the human race from so simple an act. The eating of fruit has brought a trail of disaster and misery of such magnitude that our hearts can contain but a minute portion of it. In total it is a staggering mountain of misery. The smallest part of creation is the atom, although we are now told that it is divisible into even smaller components. These are the building bricks of creation. But what tremendous power is locked up in these miniscule particles of matter! The release of the energy in these minute segments of creation is enough to blast a city to destruction. Just as the power of God is inherent in every particle of matter, so too is it contained in the minutae of life. Nothing is unimportant or irrelevant. God works through the simple, common events, as much as He does through the momentous happenings. We can all think of great occasions which altered the course of our lives. These all were the outworking of trivial circumstances or actions. We should never despise small happenings, for our lives are made up of them, and through them God is leading us. His discipline and training is effected through the ordinary affairs of our experience. Each one of our circumstances leaves some permanent mark on our spirits which will never be erased.