A Big God for Little People

This coming Sunday is the first day of the New Year. Sunday, December 3, 2006 is the First Sunday in Advent. As I think about the topic that will be our pastor's sermon this coming Sunday, I have run across so much good and encouraging material. One particularly striking piece is a brief article written by Dr. John Piper, entitled "A Big God for Little People." I believe as you read through it your heart will be lifted and encouraged. For starters, here's a quote:

"All the mammoth political forces and all the giant industrial complexes, without their even knowing it, are being guided by God, not for their own sake but for the sake of God's little people—the little Mary and the little Joseph who have to be got from Nazareth to Bethlehem. God wields an empire to bless his children...He is a big God for little people, and we have great cause to rejoice that, unbeknownst to them, all the kings and presidents and premiers and chancellors of the world follow the sovereign decrees of our Father in heaven, that we, the children, might be conformed to the image of his Son, Jesus Christ."

May you be blessed this Advent season as you await the coming of our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ (Tit 2:13)!