Pastor's Message

 
I do not know what to call it.  Do we call it the principle of the mustard seed?  Perhaps we can call it the "Biblical Principle of the Least."  Whatever we call it, we cannot deny its existence.  I am referring to the constant use of the very small, weak, and powerless and people of the Bible to enlighten, save, and bless the world.  Abraham was without children and had no political clout.  Moses stuttered.  Mary was but a young girl.  David was a mere lad.  All of these people, in the hands of God, caused great changes in our world.  If you are part of the United Methodist Church you share in this heritage.  You know that our reluctant founder was John Wesley.  You may know that he was Oxford educated.  So you may think that he was born to privilege.  This is note the case.  His father Samuel was a preacher and often absent from the home.  His mother raised her fourteen children in extreme poverty.  John was child number fifteen.  This is hardly the background for a world changer.  But God had a plan for John.  When John Wesley experienced "Saving Grace" at Aldersgate, he could do nothing short of share the same with the world around him.  From these small beginnings came a voice constantly preaching the Biblical word of "Salvation by grace trhough faith in Jesus Christ."  The result to date?  7.9 million Methodist in the U.S. and millions more around the world.
 
The reason I am reminding you of this is because it is so easy to despise "small" things.  Our small prayer group . . . my small amount of time for devotionals . . . my small offering.  Remember always that our God has shown us time and time again that with our small offerings, He can do great things.  Give your smallness and watch it be multiplied in the hands of Jesus life the bread and fish of a certain young boy who offered his lunch to feed thousands.
 
 
 
 
 
Steve