“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.” Zechariah 4:10 NLT
What seems small to you might be huge to someone else. Ask Bohn Fawkes. During World War 2 he piloted a B-17. On one mission he sustained flak from Nazi anti aircraft guns. even though his gas tanks were hit the plane did not explode, and Fawkes was able to land it. On the morning following the raid Fawkes asked his crew chief for the German shell, to keep as a souvenir of his good fortune. The chief explained that not just one, but eleven shells had been found in the gas tank, none of which had exploded. Technicians opened the shells, and found them void of explosive charge. They were clean and harmless, and with one exception, empty. The exception contained a carefully rolled piece of paper. On it a message had been scrawled in the Czech language: “this is all we can do for now.” A courageous assembly line worker was disarming bombs and scribbled that note. He couldn’t end the war, but he could save one plane. He couldn’t do everything, but he could do something, and he did it.
So send that email. Make that phone call. Write that check. David had a sling. Rahab had a string. Dorcas had a needle. All were used by God. What do you have? John Wesley said, “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.”
With God, all small deeds count!
Devotional from “The Word For You Today.”
