Love this:

“We’ve fallen into the conventional thinking that a big mission demands big tactics, but we forget that in the economy of God’s kingdom, big does not beget big.  It’s precisely the opposite.  The overwhelming message of Jesus’ life and teaching is that small begets big.  Consider, God’s plan to redeem creation (big) is achieved through his incarnation as an impoverished baby (small).  Jesus feeds thousands on a hillside (big) with just a few fish and loaves (small).  Christ seeks to make disciples of all nations (big) and he starts with a handful of fishermen (small).  Even Goliath (big) is defeated by David with a few stones (small).

“This pattern is also repeated in Jesus’ parables about the nature of his kingdom.  He said, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like  grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.  It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.

“All of this confirms the counter-intuitive nature of God’s kingdom.”  (Skye Jethani)