First Baptist Church, Somerville, NJ

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Created: 04 October 2019

Have you ever been afraid to start something new for God? God sometimes calls us to the very thing that terrifies us. Fear is the opposite of faith. We are challenged to confront our fears in order for us to rely solely on God to bring about new beginnings in each season of our lives. We learn from the example of Zerubbabel that when God asks us to do something that seems small or dangerous or something out of the ordinary, we will miss the blessing of seeing it come to fruition or reach its fullest potential. Zechariah says…

“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand” Zechariah 4:10 (NLT).

Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader who, along with a priest named Joshua, was told by God to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. This assignment would not only involve being obedient to God but also involve a long journey and may infuriate the current king of Persia.

We find later that Zerubbabel and Joshua obeyed God’s call and rebuilt the temple. The king of Persia ended up supporting their venture, and they restitute worship of God in the city. All God expects us to do is what we can. And if we're obedient, if we're sensitive to what he asks us to do, the opportunities that he sets before us, then he gives us the ability to do even greater things.”

Willian Wilberforce once wrote “Things great have small beginnings. Every downpour is just a raindrop; every fire is just a spark; every harvest is just a seed; every journey is just a step because without that step there will be no journey; without that raindrop there can be no shower; without that seed there can be no harvest.” Let us in the month of October plant new seeds of hope, optimism, kindness, and faith for God’s small beginnings of new growth in the church and preschool.

Yours in Christ,

Pastor Loreno R. Flemmings