MANY SMALL PEOPLE WHO IN MANY SMALL PLACES DO MANY SMALL THINGS THAT CAN ALTER THE FACE OF THE WORLD
“On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin. The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.”
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
Parts of the wall still stand today as a physical reminder that Communism is never implemented voluntarily but by force and control.
The picture on the wall contains graffiti with the words, “Many small people, who in many small places, do many small things that can alter the face of the world.”
This could be a motto for the Christian, as the Bible states,
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
English Standard Version
26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
God loves to work in the most unlikely ways and places to bring about his will. Almost every character in the Bible had a weakness or failure at one point in their life. They are relatable because if God can work through the rebellious, the slave, the murderer, the adulterer, the fearful, the uneducated, the weak, or even the results of sinful choices, then it should provide any one of us the courage knowing that God can take what we see as small to alter the whole world.
Often times it was the small efforts of many whose names were lost throughout history that contributed to the greatest of good.
For the Christian, we boast in the Lord. All we wish to know is Jesus Christ. That is the image we want to provide, so it isn't us seeking glory, credit, or making a name for ourselves. If my name is even remembered centuries from now, I only hope it is equipped with, “a man who loved Jesus Christ.”
John 3:30-36
English Standard Version
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”
31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. 33 Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
It is wise to live out the example of John the Baptist. We must decrease so that Jesus may increase. Our Earthly ways must decrease so that His ways will increase within us. We then begin to resemble His likeness as we become more Christ-like. It was originally the way of a disciple to Rabbi for the disciple to not only learn the Rabbi's teachings (his yoke) but to also imitate the Rabbi.
No matter if it is the evil of a Communist Socialist Party, abortion, governmental corruption, war, racism, the collapse of traditional families through adultery, divorce, lgbt ideologies, or the rise of the occult.
We must remember what once was a wall to separate the image of tyranny and liberty, evil and good; eventually, it gave way as good flooded the streets in triumph and victory.
We must never lose courage to the fact that with God, all things are possible as His will, will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Even if all things look impossible, we serve a God that makes the impossible possible. Even if we do not see the fruit of our labor, future generations may reap from our tilling and planting. Even if all we face is death, we gain victory in salvation, for whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.
Our efforts will alter the face of the world.
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