Advent Devotional, December 6th, 2014
Reading: Micah 5: 2-4
Written by:  Neil Lund

Three short verses by a minor prophet can take us in several quite different directions.  Bethlehem is noted in various translations as small, the runt, insignificant, too small for anything. What can come from such a backwater?  The obvious answer to us is Jesus, the Prince of Peace as implied by Micah. But Micah also meant something broader.  No matter how small or insignificant a person, place or event seems to humans, it is still important and meaningful to God. Persevere, for in the end God always wins.

Prayer

Dear Lord, help see that there is meaning in everyone and everything, no matter how small or insignificant it seems.

Amen