You are not worthless, hopeless, helpless, or useless. You are good enough, beautiful enough, blessed enough in Christ.
You are not worthless. Stop feeling that way. You are far more valuable than you realize. Don't look at others and feel useless. You are not hopeless, you are not helpless, and you are not useless. You are good enough, beautiful enough, blessed enough in Christ.
Your greatness isn’t obvious yet because it’s inside of you like a seed. God always gives His greatest things as seeds, and the greatest things ever done in life started small. That is God's plan and that is His delight. So be sure not to despise yourself or your beginning. Jesus was once a child. Paul was once a boy.
The Bible says, "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin". Zechariah 4:10 (MSG). God loves to see you start with the little you have. He loves to see you begin even when what you have is small. Because the size, the reach, the resources, the influence and the opportunities at the beginning stage are often not much but it does not really matter. It may be small, look insignificant, but it will grow so far as you plant it and keep watering it.
Never look down on your seed. Never look down on yourself. Don’t despise your gift, talent, ministry, or business because it looks so small. Jesus started with only 12 followers. Even the 12 left him at some point, one betrayed him and another denied him but see Christianity today.
When Jesus was describing the Kingdom of God in Mark 4:31, He said the Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed which a man planted. The mustard seed is considered the smallest seed and yet when it is planted and it grows, and becomes one of the greatest of all plants, with big branches that birds can perch on.
No matter how small the seed is, just sow it. Jesus said the seed has greatness in it but until it is sown, “it abides alone.” (John 12:24). Sowing it means stop despising it and start believing in it. Put it to use and don’t give up on it. “Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.” (Job 8:7)
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