The Bullet of Greatness: Size Doesn’t Matter
I recall hearing a definition of what it means to serve Christ. Its freshness and breadth spoke to me in a great way … “Serving Christ is like people doing little things the best they can to the glory of God.” One of the errors of our day is the thinking that to be great something must be big!
A close friend, Dr. Charles Ashcraft, put it so well when he said, “Small churches are just as important as big ones. The action is not always where the crowd assembles. All the great things do not happen in big surroundings. God is able to do His great work whether one or a million are present to appreciate it.
Bigness is not prerequisite to greatness. Not many people were present when Christ was born in a manger. No crowd supported Moses when he received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai. No extra seats were required at the transfiguration of our Lord. It was definitely not a “standing room only” situation when Jesus came out of the grave."
If I may add to some of these choice words, I would point to our Lord’s teaching that “he who is faithful in little is faithful in much.” Luke 19:17; and in Zachariah 4:10 we read, “… who has despised the day of small thing.”
2 comments:
That was such a great, inspiring comment, as always!
By the way, that is an interesting name, Mr. Sinai. Wish I could have met the man!
>No crowd supported Moses when he >received the Ten Commandments on >Mr. Sinai.
Just kidding, of course! We all make mistakes. After all, that is what God's grace covers, although we shouldn't take it for granted.
Thanks for catching our typo. I fixed it; good bye, Mr. Sinai! Would you please let us know your address so we can be sure you are on our mail list?
Again, thanks, RA Stites, blog manager for Ventures for Christ
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