The other week when the 3-year-olds were heading upstairs for nap time, a mother commented to her older girl, "They're so little." At the time, I was prodding along a stubborn child who didn't want to go upstairs. I looked at the woman and replied, "Yes, but powerful things come in tiny packages. This one is a walking time bomb."
When you look at creation, you see many things that reflect this truth. Paper cuts hurt worse than getting stabbed at times. Mice are little creatures, but they can bring the deadliest of diseases to a town or village. One small mistake in a building can send it crashing down.
Throughout the whole Old Testament you see this pattern. God uses the weaker one. Technically, Isaac was the second born to Abraham, not the first. He was lesser, but he was the one through which God blessed the nations. Jacob was the younger of the two, but he received the blessing. God designed this from the beginning. Joseph, a younger son, became a powerful ruler. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 says, "But [Jesus] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me." How can Jesus have room when we use up all the space? All the strength we have should come from the Lord.
Jesus came to this world as a weak little baby. He lived a simple life and died a painful, human death. He chose to be weak. He was humble. He is the rock that broke the strong metals in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Small but mighty.
Jesus came to show the mighty and wise how small and foolish they really are. Part of being a great vessel for God is to be humble and weak. For only then can he make us strong and useful.
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