I don't know about you, but I often feel very, very small. The news is filled with global events, reaching far around the world and impacting thousands or millions. Nothing I do has such an impact, or even that close.
But look at the beginning of Jesus' life. The Roman Emperor is issuing a decree that causes untold masses to move, and here is God, at work in the midst of it all, on a very, very small scale, wrapped in humility, but changing the course of the world. This is the single most important birth in humanity, and it wasn't on the cover of any newspaper in the world. It wouldn't have been included at all... because no one noticed until far, far later.
The Gospel works like that, in ways no one may notice at the time, but the Holy Spirit is moving. That doesn't mean we should tune out the global news, but don't assume that God isn't at work just because something doesn't make a headline. God is working, at a small and large scale.
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