In his book No Little People, theologian Francis Schaeffer wrote: "In God's sight there are no little people and no little places. . . . Those who think of themselves as little people in little places, if committed to Christ and living under His lordship in the whole of life, may, by God's grace, change the flow of our generation."
The attitude that our work is insignificant is common to homemakers, laborers, students, and countless others who serve quietly. When our efforts go unnoticed, we may feel like little people, filling little places, performing little deeds.
In Zechariah 4:9 we read that Zerubbabel had built the temple's foundation. Building foundations requires hard work and forward-looking faith. Yet some considered Zerubbabel's work insignificant, so God challenged them: "Who has despised the day of small things?" (Zech. 4:10). God wanted them to go on laying brick upon brick, following Zerubbabel's example. They were to fulfill the task through the enablement of God's Spirit, not in their own power (v.6).
Are you doing "small things"? Be encouraged! God's eyes scan "the whole earth" (v.10). He notices the little things done for Him, and He will use them mightily. — Joanie Yoder
Does the place you're called to labor
Seem so small and little known?
It is great if God is in it,
And He'll not forget His own. --Suffield
The dewdrop does God's work as much as the thunderstorm.