OPEN HEAVEN [18 AUGUST 2019] BIG THINGS START SMALL

Open Heaven 18 August 2019: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Big Things Start Small

BIG THINGS START SMALL – Sunday August 18^th 2019

Memorise: Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. Job 8:7

Read: Mark 4:30-32 (KJV)

³⁰ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

³² But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Bible in one year: 1^st Samuel 22-23, Ezekiel 36:1-15, Hymn: Sing hymn 1

Message:-

Today we live in a world that glorifies things of great proportions, with a special attraction for gigantic projects. Anything that is not massive, huge, tremendous or colossal does not seem to catch the attention of the current generation. 

OPEN HEAVEN 18 AUGUST 2019 BIG THINGS START SMALL

In the common parlance of the 21^st century, things that turn people’s heads usually start with the word “mega”, like mega-corporations, mega-stores, mega-cities,, mega-churches, and so on. Because society is so obsessed with all things mega, small things have become unattractive and inconsequential to a lot of people. People nowadays despise the days of little beginnings and deride small things. However, as people of God’s kingdom, our culture is different. Zechariah 4:10^a  states our creed as follows:

“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin….” (NLT)

Open Heaven 18 August 2019: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Big Things Start Small

Every great work of God usually starts small, beginning sometimes only as a vision in the mind of a faithful servant of God. In this sense, the mustard seed in today’s Bible reading is a perfect example of a small beginning. Although a mustard seed is a very small, measuring only about 1 to 2 millimetres, when it is sown, it grows into a tree of about 3 meters high. This is a 3000% increase in size! I prophesy according to the word of the Lord coming to you now, no matter how small your beginning is, your latter end will increase tremendously in the Name of Jesus.

In God’s dealings with man, there have been so many stories of little beginnings becoming great. Usually, in the days of small things, critics are numerous, unleashing vicious condemnation without reservation. The heaven-appointed builder is typically tagged a dreamer and made to face ridicule and mockery. 

Open Heaven 18 August 2019 Sunday: Prayer Point

Many times, the voice of critics will ring through repeatedly, saying that the dream being pursued is not achievable. Be careful not to pay attention to their words because there is no truth in them. Their objective is to cause discouragement and make you lose focus. In spite of such pessimistic verbal attacks and threats, Zerubbabel zealously pressed on with the work rebuilding God’s temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 3-5, Haggi 1-2, Zechariah 4). Be assured that the glorious completion of your assignment will put to shame all those who scorned its small beginning. To the glory of God, The Redeemed Christian Church of God is a good example of how God can make a mustard seed grow to become a tree greater than all herbs with great branches. Just be faithful in the little that God has committed into your hands. Do not despise the days of small beginnings. If you are holy, diligent, and prayerful and focused, the Lord will crown all your efforts with resounding success and make your latter end to increase beyond measure, according to His word.

Prayer Point

Father, please let every small project in my life become great, and give me the grace to make a success of everything committed into my hands in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.