“For who has despised the day of small things”? (Zech 4:10)
Some days it feels as though we haven’t made much progress in our walk with the Lord. For me, it can be more likes weeks and months, not days. But even during these times, my soul is reminded of the scriptures and what God says regarding our “small” triumphs over sin. It is my desire to blog about the things God is doing in my life, as a redeemed sinner saved by Grace! And, with God’s help, to encourage you along the way as you seek to find your way to the Celestial City. Below is a quote from Thomas Brookes. He speaks to the matter of “small things” and not despising them, as they are proofs from the Lord that we can be safe, even though it appears we are not where we would like to be.
“A man may have grace, and yet not see it, yet not know it; and this may arise from his non-searching, his non-examining, his non-ransacking, of his own soul. There is gold in the mine, and men might find it, if they would but dig and search diligently after it. There is grace in the heart, and you might see it, if you would but take the candle of the Lord and look narrowly after it. Look, as many a man upon a diligent search may find his temporal estate to be better than he apprehends it, so many choice souls upon a diligent search may find their spiritual estate to be far better than they conceived or judged it to be. Therefore souls, cease from complaining, cease from rash judging and dooming of yourselves to hell, and be diligent in inquiring what the Lord hath done, and what the Lord is a-doing, in you and for you. Compare the books together, compare his working upon you and others together. What! is there no light, no love, no longings, no hungerings, no thirstings after God? What! is there no sighing, no complaining, no mourning, under the sense of sin, and under the want of divine favour? Surely if you search, you will find some of these things; and if you do, prize them as jewels that are more worth than a world. God will not despise “the day of small things,” and will you? Will you, dare you, say that that is little that is more worth than heaven? The least spark of grace shall at last be turned into a crown of glory. Well! remember this, that as the least grace, if true and sincere, is sufficient to salvation, so the sense of the least grace should be sufficient to your consolation.” (from Works of Thomas Brookes: Heaven On Earth, A Treatise of Christian Assurance)
So may you be encouraged by those small glimmers of truth within your soul, and may the Lord strengthen you in your pursuit of Godliness. Don’t despise the day of small things. These are evident marks of a man of God.
