“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.” Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time that she who is
in labor has given birth; Then the remnant of His brethren Shall return to the
children of Israel. And He shall stand and feed His flock In the strength of
the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God; And they shall abide,
For now He shall be great To the ends of the earth;– Micah 5v2-4
I like the reminders in the word of God that He is not bound to do
things with the people or in the places that we think are important. Sometime
God uses nobodies and sometimes He works in Nowheresville.
Bethlehem of Ephrathah was hardly the place anyone would have expected
Messiah to be born. It was a little insignificant village in the middle of
nowhere. It was not Cairo or Rome or Athens or even Jerusalem. It was just a
little town far outside the mainstream and yet this is where God chose to send
the Saviour and Redeemer of all mankind.
Out of Nowheresville came the One who was Eteranal, the One who would
be the Shepherd who would feed His flock in God’s strength. Out of
Nowheresville came the One who would go forth in the majesty of the name of the
Lord.
It is obvious that God can use ‘nobodies.’ We see that over and over.
But its also good to know that God can work in Nowheresville.
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