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LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT

IN THE DAYS OF HIS POWER SERIES.

TOPIC: LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT

SERMON BY-:
Rev. Innocent Chukwudi Peace-Udochukwu President Living Fountain Ministries Int’l LIFOM

“One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, as He promised.”
Joshua 23: 10

The world always says bigger is better; smaller is not good. The ungodly believes that more is better and less is not good; there is strength in numbers and the few becomes unimportant; that the rich and famous are more important than the poor and insignificant. This is the way of the world and the philosophy of unbelievers.

But spiritually speaking, such is not always the case as we shall see in this study. The truth of the matter is – people’s being bigger or smaller, more or less in number, rich or poor, great or small, strong or weak is not the main issue. The greater issue is having God all along in whatever we think, say or do!

LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT

A LITTLE ARMY IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT
(Judges 7:1-7).
It was a difficult time for Israelites
It was a difficult time for Israelites when the Midianites terrorized and impoverished them. Israel cried unto God and He heard them and wanted to deliver them. To do so, God must raise a leader and an army in Israel to fight the cruel Midianites. He called upon a humble farmer (Gideon) to raise up a mighty army. Now Gideon’s army of recruits was at first 32,000 WEAK, then 300 STRONG! Oftentimes there is really weakness in number when God is not in it! (see Lev. 26:8) Cowardice is contagious among soldiers at war! Paul once said that when he is weak in the flesh, then is he strong in the Lord by His grace! (II Cor. 12:10).

A LITTLE WEAPON IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT.
In time of war, a large army, advanced technology and weaponry can spell the difference between victory and defeat. In ancient Bible times, pagan kings and generals trusted in their numbers, chariots and weapons. But Israel had the best secret weapon of all – their faith in God! (Psalm 20:7; Isaiah 31:1). Remember MOSES’ ROD (Exodus. 4:1-5, 17, 20); DAVID’S SLING (I Samuel 17:40, 49); SHAMGAR’S OX GOAD (Judges 3:31); SAMSON’S JAWBONE OF AN ASS (Judges 15:14-16).

LESSON:
In any war or struggle in life, God can use anything so insignificant that is already in our hand to give us victory!

A LITTLE MONEY IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT
(Mark 12:42-44).
President John F. Kennedy in his 1961 inaugural address said: “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

In the spiritual realm we might say to every Christian: “Ask not what the Lord can give to you, ask what you can give to the Lord.” The world’s prevailing attitude is: “get all you can and can all you get” but God says differently in Prov. 11:24.

If our little is purely of the Lord and genuinely for the Lord, it is in the eyes of the Lord better that big. Rather than thinking so much on ‘quantity’, perhaps we should be focusing more on ‘quality.’ A dry crust of bread shared with those you love is better than a feast with those you hate. A simple song sung for worship is better than a sell-out concert performed with pride. Two widow’s mites given as a sacrifice is worth more than a chest full of money given with deceit.
Here’s a little song that has a big message.

The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”
“Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a little oil.” Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few.
Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”
She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.
When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
2 Kings 4:1-7

Often God will use the trials, heartaches and frustrations to bring us to the place where we can honestly see our need and our own inability to meet those needs.

“Unless the Lord builds the house” the builders labor in vain”
(Psalm 127:1)

This verse reveals the key to success in any endeavor and God’s absolute over every person and event. In any activity, we need God’s blessing. All that we accomplish in life will be for naught if the Lord is not in it. We can “build,” and we can “watch,” but it is the Lord who gives success.

So the Lord has a plan for us, and we have the responsibility to cooperate in that plan. The builders of the “house” in Psalm 127:1 do not stop working, but they do recognize that they need God’s direction and blessing in their work. That is to say, we labor, but we remember that, unless the Lord builds the house, our labor is in vain.

Trying to accomplish anything without God’s blessing, apart from His wisdom, is foolish. It leads to futility in the end and to the lament of Ecclesiastes 1:2: “Everything is meaningless.”

Psalm 27:1 with its condition that the Lord builds the house, contains both a warning and a promise. If you want success, align your personal plans with God’s plan for your life; when that happens, ultimate failure becomes impossible, and ultimate success is guaranteed.

We must realize that it is not our labors that create success for the Lord alone builds the house. This is true for your family and it is true for the house we call our local church. Your labors are in vain unless the Lord builds the house.

Whenever we see a challenge so daunting that we feel we cannot face it, God gives us reassurance through His Word. He always fulfills His promises.

Jesus teaches us the value of little things. He shows us that in his own actions. Jesus has this commission from God that his life and his death and his resurrection is going to impact the world and what does he do with the critical years of his ministry? He invests himself primarily in 12 people. And he didn’t even do a worldwide search to find the best 12. He takes 12 that have come out of few small villages in Israel. Little things; Jesus didn’t despise the little things.

SHALOM!

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