“Who dares despise the day of small things?”
Zechariah 4:10My husband and I had struggled with infertility for years. On some days we were tempted to give up hope of ever becoming parents. We could imagine the picture of our family, but with the passing of time and no pregnancy, our anticipation had begun to give way to despair.
Then something seemingly small turned the tide of our life.
When my husband and I saw our daughter on a sonogram for the first time, she was so small that my husband said she looked like a mosquito. For months he would call her skeeter. It was hard to believe that the tiny throbbing heart would one day develop into a beautiful six-pound, three-ounce baby girl.
Something similar was happening to the Jewish people in Zechariah 4. They had begun to believe that the temple of God would never be reestablished. As a result they were blind to the small signs of progress along the way. Just when they had almost given up hope, along came the prophet Zechariah with a reminder. He looked right into the face of small beginnings and declared they would yet see the capstone of the temple set in perfect precision and order.
Are you holding on to a God-sized promise and seeing only a little bit of progress? Don’t despise the small beginnings, but rather watch for them and embrace them. Remind yourself with every moment that God is overseeing His word and His promises. He has not forgotten you. Keep your eyes on the capstone of your faith, Jesus Christ.