Precious Promises: The Day of Small Things

What do Bethlehem Ephrathah and Hope, Arkansas have in common? Continuing our Precious Promises series, we look at another Old Testament prophecy about the birth of Jesus, this time in Micah 5:2. This prophecy declares that God will raise up a ruler out of a small town, a king whose origin is from antiquity. This town had history across the Old Testament, but God promised to do something even greater with this humble place.

This precious promise reminds us that God brings His greatest work out of the most unexpected places. What did God have to do with a baby in a small town? Yet Christmas is the day of the small things. These verses show us that Jesus, though sovereign and eternal, chose humility. That He would go to such great lengths to save us through such small things reminds us that to Him we are no smaller thing.