Big Things from Small Things

June 25

(Luke 13:19 NIV) “It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its branches.”

(Luke 13:21 NIV) “It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

(1 Corinthians 1:22-31 NIV) “Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, {23} but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, {24} but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. {25} For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. {26} Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. {27} But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. {28} He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things--and the things that are not--to nullify the things that are, {29} so that no one may boast before him. {30} It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. {31} Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.””

Yeast and mustard seeds are very small, but big things can come from small things. God loves to take what is small and do big things in this world for His great glory. God used one man named Abraham to start a movement of faith that now encompasses billions of people in our world. God used one man named Moses to humble the mighty Egyptian empire. God used a young shepherd boy named David to bring down a giant of a man named Goliath and with him the entire Philistine army. God used one prophet named Elijah to whip the 450 prophets of Baal and an entire empire controlled by the evil Queen Jezebel. God used one man, Jesus Christ, born to poor parents in a tiny village, to change the history of the world. God loves to bring big things out of small things. God loves to use average people to produce extraordinary results. And now God wants to use you. Will you allow it? -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day