Small things have a tendency to be deceiving when it deals with what they might be carrying inside. Before our eyes size matter; the bigger the box the better the prize. Throughout the ages we are made to taking a second look at the size. We note examples such as the little guy who saves the day, the small house that withstands the storm, or the small diamond worth more then the large one. The fact is that God uses the small and insignificant things to model his power. Paul said that when he is weak is when he is strong and that he delights in his weakness (1Cor.12:10). God uses what we call weak things to demonstrate his power. In our mindset we think that weakness means uselessness, but in God weakness is the means to transport power.
Luke 21:1-4
As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,”he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
While everyone admired the awesome gifts the rich were giving at the offering plate in the temple, and the accomplishments that were done via those offerings like the precious pearls that were on the temple walls, no one noticed the huge gift the widow put into the plate. The widow gave two small blanks into the offering box. Now, the mites were very small coins of little value and such coins received recognition by Christ, but not the coins themselves; the giver. God takes that which is not to demonstrate his power (1 Cor.1:27). A small box filled with a powerful and expensive perfume used to prepare Jesus for his burial; the alabaster box (Mk. 14:3). Manna came in small bit size pieces, so small and yet God used it to satisfy his people while they were in the desert for 40 years (Ex. 16:14-15). God’s people were fed three times a day with with tiny nourishment for a while. God does not need big quantities to do what he wants, he just needs something small and available. Jesus used small size fish to feed the two multitudes of four and five thousand people.
In fact, God chose Gideon and three hundred men to take down the Syrian army of about a million men. It is not by might nor by power but by his spirit says the Lord (Zac. 4:6). The power of the Spirit of God will take any small and use him in a mighty way. Isaiah said that If God would not have used a small remnant we would not have been saved (Is.1:9) For salvation to come it only takes a small group or an individual who is the left over; a remnant. The remnant is a small group of people who have been left behind and through those individuals God’s redemption comes through.