“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2
Micah prophesied that Bethlehem would be the place of the Messiah’s nativity. The scribes knew that the Messiah was to be born there. When the wise men inquired about the birth of the new King, the scribes referred to Micah’s prophecy (Matt. 2:1-12). Hence, it was universally known among the Jews that Christ should come out of the town of Bethlehem where David was (John 7:42).
Bethlehem means the “House of Bread.” It was here that the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ, was born into the world. Bethlehem was also the city of David. It was therefore God’s divine providence that Jesus, a root of Jesse and an heir to the throne of David, would be born there. Bethlehem was a little town among the thousands of others found in Judah. Bethlehem had nothing in it that was worthy to receive the honor of being the birth place of the Messiah. But God always specializes in exalting the base things of this world for His glory. “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence” (1 Cor. 1:27-29).
It was Christ who brought honor to the place of His birth. Otherwise Bethlehem would never have been known. Many of us may think that we are little, insignificant, or even a reject of society. But when Christ comes into our lives, we become vessels of honor. A relationship with Jesus Christ transforms the little in this world into something great in the kingdom of God.
When Andrew brought a boy’s lunch of five loaves and two fish to Jesus, it seemed little in the sight of the multitude of hungry people. But a little does become much in the Master’s hand (John 6:1-14). That little lunch fed five thousand, not including women and children. Nobody would have noticed any poor widow with only two mites. But when she came with all she had in the presence of Jesus, what she did became a household story known even today (Mark 12:42-44).
We must always consider that without Christ, we are nothing. But in Him, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3). It is on His account that we become great in the kingdom of God. It is Christ in us, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).
Micah prophesied that Bethlehem would be the place of the Messiah’s nativity. The scribes knew that the Messiah was to be born there. When the wise men inquired about the birth of the new King, the scribes referred to Micah’s prophecy (Matt. 2:1-12). Hence, it was universally known among the Jews that Christ should come out of the town of Bethlehem where David was (John 7:42).
Bethlehem means the “House of Bread.” It was here that the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ, was born into the world. Bethlehem was also the city of David. It was therefore God’s divine providence that Jesus, a root of Jesse and an heir to the throne of David, would be born there. Bethlehem was a little town among the thousands of others found in Judah. Bethlehem had nothing in it that was worthy to receive the honor of being the birth place of the Messiah. But God always specializes in exalting the base things of this world for His glory. “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence” (1 Cor. 1:27-29).
It was Christ who brought honor to the place of His birth. Otherwise Bethlehem would never have been known. Many of us may think that we are little, insignificant, or even a reject of society. But when Christ comes into our lives, we become vessels of honor. A relationship with Jesus Christ transforms the little in this world into something great in the kingdom of God.
When Andrew brought a boy’s lunch of five loaves and two fish to Jesus, it seemed little in the sight of the multitude of hungry people. But a little does become much in the Master’s hand (John 6:1-14). That little lunch fed five thousand, not including women and children. Nobody would have noticed any poor widow with only two mites. But when she came with all she had in the presence of Jesus, what she did became a household story known even today (Mark 12:42-44).
We must always consider that without Christ, we are nothing. But in Him, we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3). It is on His account that we become great in the kingdom of God. It is Christ in us, the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).
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