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).