Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin. (Zechariah 4:10 NLT)It is no small thing to be involved in the testimony of God's glory. We should not make a virtue of smallness, as though there were something important about being despised by others, but at the same time we shall find that whenever God has called people to display His glory, He has chosen those who have no glory in themselves.God has always been obliged to strip His instruments of their own glory. A Moses, full of Egypt's sufficiency, must go for forty years to the backside of the desert to be emptied out and made to confess his complete inadequacy before he can become an instrument for the display of the glory of God. There were times when some of the Israelites did try to despise this now humble Moses, and he made no attempt to stand up for himself, but God soon made it manifest to all concerned how wrong it was to despise him. The glory of God appeared at the gate of the tabernacle and took up the challenge. Sometimes it takes the Lord years to get us sufficiently emptied, weak and small, so that we can bear His glory in our lives, a fact which may well explain some of His dealings with us. When He has got us small enough and empty enough, then there is a chance for the working of His Spirit in glory.By T. Austin-Sparks from: "By My Spirit"
_________________Mike
Thank you for sharing this brother!! quote ///Sometimes it takes the Lord years to get us sufficiently emptied, weak and small, so that we can bear His glory in our lives, a fact which may well explain some of His dealings with us. ///I've lamented over the "years" it's taken me but that is only my fault!! :) God help me to learn the first time I go around the mountain!!Thanks again!Lisa
_________________Lisa
"God help me to learn the first time I go around the mountain!!"Amen Lisa! I can relate to going around the same mountain numerous times, but God is merciful and He gives us an opportunity to retake the test. Praise God that now the victories are more numerous than the defeats, but the failures were necessary to take away self sufficiency and confidence in the flesh.
I needed this word today. Thank you!
_________________Joshua Herndon
