The Mystery Of Small Beginning
One vital truth that cannot be overlooked in the school of stewardship is the fact that God would always prove you before He approves you. It is the way you handle your present position that determines whether you would be approved for the next level or not. Jesus said in Luke 16:10, “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Life is in phases. I know you have great dreams, fantastic visions of the future that you desire, maybe with strong scriptural backings, but if your dream must see the light of day, you must be prepared to start where you are and with what you have.
Many people are deceived into thinking that they must start big to make it big and as a result they ...have stagnated their destinies; refusing to take a step, because they consider what they have or where they are as too small to achieve what they want. God believes in people who humble themselves to start small, so don’t despise what you have.
WHAT IS SMALL?
‘Small’ is a relative term, it does not represent any number or size in particular. For one person it could be two, for another it could be one hundred, two thousand, or even ten thousand. ‘Small’ simply means starting from where you are or with what you have. The problem many people have is that nothing is ever enough. Even if you give them a million, it will not be enough. Bishop David Oyedepo said, “If you can think enough, what you have is enough.”
There is no fixed size or number to begin with. Where you are and what you have now is good enough. Success in life begins with a step and wherever you start from is your own small beginning. As you faithfully use the small that you have, taking one step after the other, you will be surprised how fast you will get to the top. The parable of talents explains this well. Jesus said, “For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money” (Matthew 25:14-18).
Somebody started with five, another person started with two but the person with one refused to start. He despised it; he felt it was too small, so he buried it.
Small things are often despised, that is why God said, “For who hath despised the day of small things…” (Zechariah 4:10). When Jesus needed to feed five thousand men in the wilderness, the only food that was available was a little boy’s lunch of five barley loaves and two small fishes and one of His disciples said, “But what are these among so many?” (John 6:9). He despised it, because naturally speaking, what they had, looked extremely small compared to what they needed, but as a faithful stewards Jesus started with it all the same. He made the men sit down and asked His disciples to distribute the bread and fish to them and from there the Bible says, “When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten” (John 6:12-13). Normally, they would have thrown away the fragments but Jesus said, “Gather up the fragments, let nothing be lost”, because it may be needed for the next miracle. ~ Adeniyi Adeniran Henry Taju
One vital truth that cannot be overlooked in the school of stewardship is the fact that God would always prove you before He approves you. It is the way you handle your present position that determines whether you would be approved for the next level or not. Jesus said in Luke 16:10, “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Life is in phases. I know you have great dreams, fantastic visions of the future that you desire, maybe with strong scriptural backings, but if your dream must see the light of day, you must be prepared to start where you are and with what you have.
Many people are deceived into thinking that they must start big to make it big and as a result they ...have stagnated their destinies; refusing to take a step, because they consider what they have or where they are as too small to achieve what they want. God believes in people who humble themselves to start small, so don’t despise what you have.
WHAT IS SMALL?
‘Small’ is a relative term, it does not represent any number or size in particular. For one person it could be two, for another it could be one hundred, two thousand, or even ten thousand. ‘Small’ simply means starting from where you are or with what you have. The problem many people have is that nothing is ever enough. Even if you give them a million, it will not be enough. Bishop David Oyedepo said, “If you can think enough, what you have is enough.”
There is no fixed size or number to begin with. Where you are and what you have now is good enough. Success in life begins with a step and wherever you start from is your own small beginning. As you faithfully use the small that you have, taking one step after the other, you will be surprised how fast you will get to the top. The parable of talents explains this well. Jesus said, “For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money” (Matthew 25:14-18).
Somebody started with five, another person started with two but the person with one refused to start. He despised it; he felt it was too small, so he buried it.
Small things are often despised, that is why God said, “For who hath despised the day of small things…” (Zechariah 4:10). When Jesus needed to feed five thousand men in the wilderness, the only food that was available was a little boy’s lunch of five barley loaves and two small fishes and one of His disciples said, “But what are these among so many?” (John 6:9). He despised it, because naturally speaking, what they had, looked extremely small compared to what they needed, but as a faithful stewards Jesus started with it all the same. He made the men sit down and asked His disciples to distribute the bread and fish to them and from there the Bible says, “When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten” (John 6:12-13). Normally, they would have thrown away the fragments but Jesus said, “Gather up the fragments, let nothing be lost”, because it may be needed for the next miracle. ~ Adeniyi Adeniran Henry Taju
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