The first time I ever held a newborn, it was one of our twin boys. I couldn’t believe how small he was. He was so tiny, a miniature human who couldn’t do a whole lot. He couldn’t talk, walk, or eat solid foods. He was completely dependent on his parents to look out for him. And yet, inside this little newborn was all of the DNA and God-given capabilities he needed to become a man someday. All that was already in him. We just had to wait. His time would come.

Sometimes we take little things for granted. For example, the book of Micah talks about how Bethlehem was too small to be considered a clan of Judah, but “from [it] shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.” A magnificent being would come from little Bethlehem. It just had to wait. Its time would come.

God came down to earth and took the form of a little helpless baby, born in a little town no one cared about. No one expected much from a carpenter, much less that He would die on a cross to save the whole world. And so, this Christmas, we can take some time to celebrate the little things. Imagine how different Christmas would be if we remembered great things come in small packages.

What small things can we celebrate this Christmas? And how can we use those small things to point others to the greatness of Jesus? Our time has come to spread the news to our world.

This is Luis Palau.