Small Beginnings

Zechariah 4:10 begins by saying, "For who hath despised the day of small things?" I believe that, through this verse, the Lord is saying to us that any beginning, even a small one, is a powerful thing. Since God's ways are so much higher than our ways He does not judge things according to human logic. God declares the ending from the beginning, so He already sees the complete potential of every human effort. It is with this understanding that I pray that the Lord will bless this small beginning as I reach for one of the many dreams that He has put in my heart.

It is my prayer that this blog will be one of the bricks in the house that God has called me to build. For many years, I have felt a burden for other ministers that are called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is my whole-hearted desire to be a blessing to these precious men as they reach to fulfill their calling. In the day that we live in, it is essential that God-called men learn to lock arms with one another and stand together as "iron sharpens iron" and as they do the Will of God in the earth.

The Apostle Paul, in referring to the call to preach, asked the question, "Who is sufficient for these things?" (II Cor. 2:16). Paul realized that without the help of God Almighty, no man could ever successfully fulfill his God-given calling. No man is sufficient. No man is able. However, God does not call the equipped - He equips the called. It is my firm belief that God will enable us to reach the goals He sets before us. He does not put a burning passion within us to simply frustrate us or play with our emotions. He places that passion within us desiring that it becomes a fuel that drives us forward regardless of the opposition that we may face.

No brethren, we are not sufficient to meet the demands of the calling; but the good news is that we do not have to be. If we were completely sufficient, there would be no need for the element of God's power operating in our ministry. As we look at the mountain before us that we must climb, and we realize our own finite resources, we are driven to our knees to cry out for divine assistance, which God stands ready to give. It is this mixture, the desperation of an anointed heart and the eager willingness of a gentle and awesome God to lend us His power, that will result in the end-time explosion of apostolic revival that God would see fulfilled in each of our ministries.

Embrace the vision. Endure the process. Accept the breaking. Fulfill the calling. Realize the dream!

In the love of Christ,

Paul Nolan