Zechariah 4:10: For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel.
Tell your neighbor, come on look them dead in the eyes and say: you ain’t seen nothing yet.
We shout when things are big.
We celebrate when things are public.
But may I tell you that heaven gets excited when things are small, hidden, and unfinished.
Some of you are frustrated because you’re looking at where you are instead of what God is building in you, through you, and for you.
But God sent me with a prophetic announcement.
What you see right now is not the final version.
If you think this is all God has. If you think this is as far as He’s going to take you.
If you think the story ends here, then I have news for you. Baby you ain’t seen nothing yet.
In the historical background of this text Zechariah is preaching to a post exilic people.
Israel has just returned back from the Babylonian captivity.
And they see that the temple that Solomon built, I mean the glorious, golden, breathtaking temple was destroyed.
Now they’re trying to rebuild it, but what they see looks nothing like what they remember.
Zerubbabel is the governor.
Joshua is the high priest.
The people are tired. Broken and discouraged.
The older saints are crying because they remember the old glory.
Younger ones are struggling because they’ve never seen the glory at all.
And right in the middle of this discouragement, God speaks through Zechariah and says: who is it that despised the day of small things?
In other words: why are you judging the process by the past, instead of trusting the promise of the future?
The bible says. For who hath despised the day of small things?
Who is it that’s looking down on the minor things?
Now God isn’t asking this questions because He needs answers. But instead He asking them because we need conviction.
For who hath despised the day of small things?
The word despised means to treat as insignificant, worthless, or beneath attention that is needed.
God is saying: When you dismiss what I’m doing now, you’re insulting what I’ve already planned next.
The Bible says for they shall rejoice.
Here it is. Rejoicing doesn’t come after completion.
Rejoicing comes during construction.
Faith doesn’t clap when it’s finished.
Faith claps when it’s framed.
And shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel.
The plummet is a measuring tool, used to ensure alignment.
Let me give you the translation: God says, I’m not just starting something, I’m finishing something.
What looks small to you is actually precise to God.
May I tell you that God is not impressed by size, but instead He’s committed to the completion.
We shout over results, but God rejoices over obedience in process.
What you’re in right now may look unimpressive, but it’s proof that God hasn’t abandoned the assignment.
Small doesn’t mean stuck. Don’t make me shout right here.
Tell somebody: I might be small to you, but I’m moving.
I might not look like anything to you, but God has his hands on me.
People may not like what God is doing in your life, but that doesn’t stop God in your life.
Israel wasn’t in captivity anymore. But they just weren’t in completion yet either.
Some of us confuse transition with termination.
Just because it’s quiet doesn’t mean it’s canceled.
Just because it’s slow doesn’t mean it’s stuck.
Just because it’s hidden doesn’t mean it’s over.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Because God specializes in unimpressive beginnings.
Prove your point Pastor.
Bethlehem was small.
David was overlooked.
The manger was low.
The cross looked like failure.
But God has a track record of doing His best work in places people underestimate.
If it doesn’t look like much now it’s because God is setting the stage for the shock and awe later.
God specializes in the impossible.
If it looks small, God has a way of making it big.
If it’s not done, then that means God is not finished yet.
Tell your neighbor, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Stop measuring today by yesterday’s supply.
The danger wasn’t the small temple.
The danger was comparing it to Solomon’s Temple.
Comparison will kill your praise.
Memory will sabotage your momentum.
God didn’t bring them back to replicate the past, but instead.
He brought them back to build something new.
Some of us are grieving what was, instead of stewarding what is to come.
But hear the Lord: This next glory won’t look like the last one, but it will exceed it.
What you’re building now will outlive the pain that birthed it.
What you are building now will silence the critics that mocked you.
What you are building now will outgrow the season that doubted it.
You’re not late.
You’re not behind.
You’re right on schedule for a God sized surprise.
There was a man who bought land in a quiet, overlooked area.
People laughed and said, why are you investing here Nothing happens there.
For years, all you could see was dirt.
There were no buildings. There were no signs. And there was no sight of progress.
But what nobody knew was that beneath the surface he was laying a foundation, he was placing all of the pipes, the wiring, and the things they could not see.
One day the construction exploded, and came to life.
What looked empty suddenly became a thriving complex.
When people asked, how did this happen so fast?
He said: It wasn’t fast, you just weren’t watching when I was working.
And that’s how God works.
What we call delay—God calls development.
What we call nothing, God calls a foundation.
So, if all you see right now is dirt.
If all you see is framing.
If all you see is a seed.
Lift your hands and say it with faith:
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET.
Eyes haven’t seen.
Ears haven’t heard.
Neither has it entered into the heart of man the things God has prepared!
My sisters and my brothers this is not the end.
This is not the peak.
This is not the full story.
YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET.
And that’s what they thought about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when they nailed him to the cross, they thought it was over.
But I heard early Sunday morning, he got out the grave and declared all power is in my hands.
