The first week of school is full of beginnings, big and small.
There’s new teachers, new classes, new expectations … new shoes!
For most students (and school staff, for that matter), showing up may seem small, but it can be the biggest thing!
There are assemblies, course outlines, going over rules, and even a short week.
It can seem as though there is not much happening, not much being accomplished, but these small beginnings are not insignificant.
As I was reading commentaries on Zechariah 4:10, I felt more productive in the small beginnings of my own week.
In the Pulpit Commentary, I read that the small things that were being referred to were actually promises of what is to come, therefore what is being declared is actually more like, “can any one, after these promises and prophecies, presume to be doubtful about the future?”
And that is what small beginnings often are, promises and prophesies of what is to come. These small beginnings are actually the ground level, the foundation on which a year of learning, growing and maturing are built.
So do not despise the baby steps that begin this journey … they are the birth of our momentum.
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