APR 11

Zechariah 4:6-10
Memorise Zechariah 4:10
“For who hath despised the day of small things?”

WHAT IS ITS GERMAN INFLUENCE?

Iam Tsau might be an off beaten fishing village but it was prominent in the Swatow district. This was because Lechler laid the foundation before Burns came. He labored in Iam Tsau for twenty years and spent a total of fifty- two years laboring for the Lord in China. The church at Iam Tsau was the first church that Tan Khai Lin pastored. Not only was he ordained the pastor of the church, he also became a tutor at the Swatow Theological College in 1882.

Thus, we do not despise the day of small things. A small fishing village could be used by God to launch the gospel outwards; A solitary foreigner became God’s instrument to reach out to the Chinese which then spread to the BP Church movement in Singapore.

In Zechariah’s days, after the second temple was built, the people were dismayed. Their enemies thought the temple was contemptible, and so did those Jews who had seen the glory of the first temple. Yet, in the eyes of the Lord of hosts, it was not so. Haggai 2: 9 tells us, “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts”. Similarly, a young convert’s faith might be small but in time the Holy Spirit works to help their infirmities, makes intercession for them, carries on the good work in them, and performs it till the day of Christ. Who could tell that Martin Luther’s stand against the Church of Rome would light the fires of Reformation throughout Europe, England and Scotland? Who could tell that Tan Khai Lin was to bring forth a great grandson who would be the founder of the BP Church movement in Singapore?

Dearest teen, never despise the day of small things, for God is glorified in small things and uses them to accomplish great things. Remember the young shepherd boy David who used a sling to defeat the giant Goliath? Remember the little lad’s lunch of five loaves and two fishes which was able to feed a multitude (John 6)? Therefore, God can use you to serve Him. God can use the little things you do for Him, to bring honour and glory to Him.

Thought: Bible history is the record of God using small things.
Prayer: Father in heaven, help me not to despise the little things that others do or even what I am tasked to do, but let me look to the great God whom I serve.