I have a one-year-old and a three-year-old, so I still remember when they were tiny little babies. Could you imagine if I held them in my hands and told them right out of the womb, “Because you are little, you are insignificant. You mean nothing. You won’t amount to anything. You are less than. You are not a factor.” What loving parent would ever say that to a newborn or any child or person for that matter?! Just because babies are small doesn’t mean they are insignificant. They are in the beginning stages of life with so much of their purpose to be unfolded- so much growth, and we, as parents, aunts, uncles, and adults in general, get to witness the greatness they can achieve with each passing year!
If we wouldn’t call our own children insignificant and worthless, why do we say and think those things about the cause, change, and platform we are to give birth to? I like to call them our “Dream Babies.” We are constantly bombarded with insecure thoughts and doubts because our beginning doesn’t measure up to someone’s intermediate stages. We aren’t moving fast enough, so what happens? We quit. We stop. We lose hope.
But small beginnings don’t mean insignificant: working in your garage to produce and package homemade products instead of a huge factory that automates everything isn’t insignificant. Speaking in front of two or three instead of a sea of people isn’t insignificant. Having a handful of people come to your event isn’t insignificant. Having a $20 media budget isn’t insignificant. Starting out with you and a guitarist when you want a full band isn’t insignificant. Small beginnings simply mean the place where you start. It’s not of lesser value or worth. It’s the commencing of something that is going to soar. And just like a child starts out as a wee little baby, so will your dreams…and so will it grow. You must get out of the headspace that says small beginnings mean falling short of optimal. Small beginnings are the foundation for optimum. For the blog, click here.

DAILY DEVOTIONS

The Bible is filled with stories of God using what others may deem as small and insignificant to save generations, create new opportunities for others, and change stubborn and disobedient mindsets.  This week, read these stories to be encouraged. Journal about how you relate to them. Write down what could have been considered insignificant, but God made great in the end. These stories will encourage you to know God will make great YOUR end (your destiny), too!

(1). The Story of Esther: Esther Chapters 1-9

(2). The Story of Gideon: Judges Chapters 6-8

“I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return].”

–Philippians 1:6