A top CEO shared his business growth story, revealing how his former boss gave him a small amount of money as a parting gift. Despite the modest sum, the boss’s words of encouragement sparked his entrepreneurial journey. With a ‘start small’ mindset, he built a successful business from humble beginnings.
Friend, you must not be afraid to start small (Job 8:7). Starting small gives you an opportunity to witness growth in an unusual way. Most people like big stuff. But most big stuff never started big. They were small stuff that continued to grow until they became big (Ecclesiastes 7:8). What are you going to commit to doing continuously until it becomes big?
The only enterprise that is started from the top is grave digging. Therefore, you may be digging your own grave if you plan to start life from the top (Mark 10:35-40). Rather than envying those at the top and praying to be like them, why not embrace your own process of growth and development? Why not start from where you are with what you have and make it big (1 Corinthians 15:9-10)?
Smallness is not a curse. It is only a phase of life. The only problem is when you remain small (1 Peter 2:2). The principle of seed time and harvest is the principle of greatness. Like a mustard seed, you cannot fully tell the potential and capacity in what you call small. You may be able to tell the number of seeds in a fruit, but you cannot tell the number of fruits in a seed (Genesis 8:22).
Smallness gives you the opportunity to experience the joy of seeing little things become big (Luke 13:19). Just like a mother relishes the moments of taking care of a baby from birth to adulthood, those who start small have the opportunity to tell the story of greatness; like moving from a kiosk to a shopping mall, junior staff to manager, small congregation to mega church, and from little funds to great wealth, etc.
When God allows you to start small, it means He believes that you have what it takes to turn things around (Matthew 25:24-25). It takes leadership ability to grow something big. It is also the process of interacting with smallness that helps you to unlock your leadership potential. Smallness is not a curse. It is a blessing in disguise (Isaiah 65:8).
‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria