The Seemingly Small Will Rule the Earth
How the smallest acts of faith, like the smallest sparks, set the world aflame
As the extraordinary and the ordinary intertwine in a symphony that God alone orchestrates, we are reminded that life itself is a story—a tapestry woven with threads both brilliant and unassuming. As characters in God’s grand narrative, we not only live within His story but become storytellers and light-bearers ourselves, shaping stories that testify to His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
This divine story began with three simple, radiant words: “Let there be…” Words that split the void with light, kindled life, and brought eternity into motion. With these words, stars blazed, galaxies spun, and the universe—seen fully only by its Creator—took shape. What may have initially seemed small became the infinite, illuminating the vastness with a light that overcomes darkness.
With the light of two commands, God revealed the path of love and liberty. With 300 faithful men, He vanquished the great and formidable Midianite army. A child’s lunch of five loaves and two fish fed thousands. Through one bloodline, He fulfilled His redemptive plan and made all the nations of the earth His. Through twelve apostles, He established the church to be light across the world. He takes what is small—a spark, a whisper, a glimmer—and kindles it into something eternal.
"For who hath despised the day of small things? For they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth."-Zechariah 4:10
With the seemingly small, man is able to be fruitful and multiply. With a library of sixty-six divine books, he is able to disrupt evil and reform entire countries and continents. With faith as small as a mustard seed, he is able to move mountains.
Great writers like Tolkien and Lewis reflect this truth in their own stories. In The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis showed how four children—mere lusters amidst a vast darkness—brought light to a world under the shadow of an evil sorceress. Tolkien, in The Lord of the Rings, revealed how a fellowship of nine, including humble hobbits, bore the light that would pierce the oppressive darkness of Sauron. Even the smallest light is enough to challenge the greatest shadow, and their tales echo the divine narrative in which the seemingly small alters history forever.