LESS CAN BE MORE

 In Zechariah 4:10 the Lord God asks, "Who has despised the day of small things?"  He certainly didn't, and He is God.  Perhaps we do well to pay attention.

           

In Matthew 17:20 Jesus speaks of faith that moves mountains and says of it that it only has to be the size of a mustard seed -- very, very small.  Perhaps we do well to pay attention.

           

The ways of the world constantly remind us that bigger is better, that more is better.  God says, NO, to this.  When God is in it size doesn't seem to matter.  Zero plus God equals God.  When God is on your side, the odds are always in your favor. 

           

The key for us in this is to make sure that our lives are open to God and faithful to what God is about in the world.  And, isn't what God wants the very thing we want?  In pursuit of God's good and acceptable and perfect will we live so that God may work His works.

           

An old chorus says, "Little is much when God is in it."  Mustard seed size faith is all we need.  Don't despise the day of small things, because small things in God's sovereign hand become means of grace, mercy, truth justice, love, acceptance, and forgiveness. 

           

Never underestimate the power of God in a human life.  Never underestimate the power of God in anything.  Don't ever believe that you are too small or too limited to serve God.  Little is much when God is in it.  Even your weaknesses can't stop the wonder working power of God.  The apostle Paul reminds us that God's strength is perfected in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). 

           

Never let the bigness of things undermine the possibilities of God.  All throughout the Bible we are called to remember that nothing is impossible with God.  In that light, trust the presence of God, and live faithfully.