little is much when God is in it

 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I the Lord, will hasten it in its time.

Isaiah 60:22

 

 

One snow-blanketed night, Canadian Fred Suffield awoke to an urgent pounding on his door. A half-frozen man reported that a train had stalled in the blizzard, and the passengers were in danger of freezing to death. Lighting a lantern, Fred followed the man to the site and led the travelers back to his house. Later one of the passengers, Kittie, wrote a thank you note. Fred replied, and Kittie wrote back. Their correspondence led to courtship and to marriage.

 

Some time later, Fred and Kittie attended a church in Ottawa. The ministers name was A.J. Shea. While there, they obeyed the gospel. As the couple grew in Christ, they became even more "on fire for God." One summer they invited Shea's teenage son, George Beverly, to spend a month with them in Westport, Ontario, holding gospel meetings.

 

One night, while Kittie was playing the piano, Bev attempted to sing, but his voice cracked on the high notes, and he sat down mortified, vowing never to sing again. Kittie wouldn't hear of it, suggesting he sing in a lower key. He did, and he kept on singing, and singing, and singing.

 

Many years passed, and in June 2000, George Beverly Shea, 92, was asked to sing at a concert. His rich baritone voice broke into a song that had been written 73 years before by Fred and Kittie: "Little Is Much When God Is in It."

 

Bev Shea's song was about the littleness of our efforts. Compared to this great mission to untold multitudes, our own individual ministries seemed small and insignificant. But God uses little things in great ways. A tiny acorn may produce a forest. A spark may ignite a flame. A small church may produce the next far-famed preacher.

 

Don't be discouraged if your place seems small. You're doing more good than you know.

 

 

Taken from the book: Then Sings My Soul