The Day of Small Things. Ezra 5:10

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Long ago, the people of Israel rejected God and His Word. Many died. Solomon’s temple was destroyed. God sent the survivors to live in the pagan nation of Babylon for generations. (That’s where Daniel faced the lions, and Shedrach, et al., faced the fiery furnace.)

Then God used King Cyrus to send the new generation home. When the new temple was built, many rejoiced, but many others wept loudly. Why did they weep? Because the new temple, (Zerubbabel’s temple–that Jesus would one day visit) was not as big or as beautiful as Solomon’s temple. They cried tears of shame and regret. Their pride was wounded.

Then God spoke to Ezra about the temple and about the people’s grief:

FOR WHO HAS DESPISED THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? Ezra 5:10

God’s point is that small things can be just as good as big things. God can use a small school, for example, just as well as a large school, or a small church may bless people and be more faithful to the Word than a large church, etc. Small homes, small cars, small budgets, small people–if God is in it, who are we to question it?

“For who has despised the day of small things?”

… wise words…

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Published by Steven Wales

Dad's Daily Devotional began as text messages to my family. I wanted my teenagers to know their father was reading the Bible. But they were at school by then. Initially, I sent them a favorite verse or an insight based on what I read each day. That grew into drafting a devotional readng which I would send them via text. I work as an attorney and an adjunct professor, and recently wrote a book called HOW TO MAKE A'S.

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