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Zechariah 4:10a

My small beginnings as a runner after reading a book by Dean Karnazes

After coming out of an 80 year Babylonian exile and having the glorious temple that King Solomon built be reduced to rubble, it was now time for God\\u2019s people to rebuild a new temple where Yahweh would reside and be worshiped.

To the younger generation, this was a huge milestone. But to the \\u201cold-timers\\u201d who saw or heard firsthand stories about the glory & splendor of the previous temple, this latest edition paled in comparison. You can almost hear the chatter among the seasoned veterans, \\u201cI miss the good-ole days\\u201d or \\u201cThey just don\\u2019t make em like they used to.\\u201d \\u201cYou call THAT a temple?\\u201d

God had a message for Zechariah to pass along to both young and old alike\\u2026

\\u201cDo not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel\\u2019s hand.\\u201d (Zech. 4:10a NLT)

Sure, this latest temple 2.0 seemed modest compared to the previous version 1.0 but God still wanted them to celebrate the fact that construction had begun. Progress was now being made. A hopeful momentum was now set in motion.

Zechariah is an invitation for us to surrender our expectations of what our books have to look like and the process that we go through to finish them. It\\u2019s also moving on from the \\u201cgood ole days\\u201d and looking forward to what the Lord has ahead.

We hear all kinds of naysayers both outside and inside our heads: \\u201cWho are YOU to be writing a book?\\u201d, \\u201cMy writing isn\\u2019t as good as so and so...maybe I should quit this writing thing.\\u201d, \\u201cThis is simply too overwhelming for me to finish.\\u201d

One of the worst lies we can believe is that what we\\u2019re writing is insignificant and will not matter in the end. We rebuke that lie in Jesus\\u2019s name. It DOES matter!

Our books & writings may not look like much to us at times but it\\u2019s still hallowed ground that we\\u2019ve set aside to bring glory to the Lord.\\xa0

So whether it\\u2019s rebuilding a temple or working on our books, we can rejoice with the Lord to see the work begin. We can also rejoice in knowing that the same God who resided in a temple made of stones now resides in these bodies of ours (1 Corinthians 6:19) thanks to the sacrifice of Jesus.

With the help of God, each of us can watch the momentum build with our small beginnings!

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