‘Why shouldn’t you hire short
people as chefs? Because
the
steaks are too high.’ ‘I met this
really little guy today… he was
so down-to-earth.’
‘Little men
are oppressed… they’re always
getting overlooked.’
Jonathan Worsley, Editor
The world loves to laugh at the little.
But God delights in the small. After all, Israel
was not chosen because they were ‘the largest
of nations, but because they were the very
smallest’ (Deut.7:7). God told Samuel ‘not
to consider height’ and commanded him to
choose David, the smallest of the brothers
(1 Sam. 16). In the Gospels, the ‘little girl’
is healed (Mark 5:41), and the
‘small
in
stature’ Zacchaeus (Luke 19:3) is invited for
tea. For the eternal kingdom of God belongs
to those who understand themselves to be
little. ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom
of God belongs to such as these. Truly I
tell you, anyone who will not receive the
kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it’ (Mark 10:14-15). While every
passing generation mocks the small,
the everlasting God welcomes into
heaven those who humbly recognise
their littleness.
There
is a delicious
irony here.
Time is ever expanding for the little
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Last Word: little
‘Why shouldn’t you hire short people as chefs? Because the steaks are too high.’ ‘I met this really little guy today… he was so down-to-earth.’ ‘Little men are oppressed… they’re always getting overlooked.’
The world loves to laugh at the little. But God delights in the small. After all, Israel was not chosen because they were ‘the largest of nations, but because they were the very smallest’ (Deut.7:7). God told Samuel ‘not to consider height’ and commanded him to choose David, the smallest of the brothers (1 Sam. 16). In the Gospels, the ‘little girl’ is healed (Mark 5:41), and the ‘small in stature’ Zacchaeus (Luke 19:3) is invited for tea. For the eternal kingdom of God belongs to those who understand themselves to be little. ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it’ (Mark 10:14-15). While every passing generation mocks the small, the everlasting God welcomes into heaven those who humbly recognise their littleness. There is a delicious irony here. Time is ever expanding for the little
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