"Bigger is better" or "Better is Bigger?"

The Letter to the Hebrews was written to saints living in a “bigger is better” world. The world has always run on that value system. The Spirit-inspired author contradicts “bigger is better,” with “better is bigger.” “Better” appears eleven times, four times in chapter eleven alone. The “better” is about the permanence of Jesus’ priesthood, the superiority of His sacrifice, and the heavenly sanctuary above a man-made altar.

To more fully appreciate the truth of the Christmas Season we must reinforce “better is bigger” in our thinking. For centuries prophetic promises were announced. The people looked ahead in hope. We experience the truth for which others hoped! That is the “better” that must continually grow “bigger!”

People who received the prophets’ promises were, “Looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.” (Verses 13-16) Scoffers, complainers, those who never grasped the power of promise, settled into the “bigger is better” mode, buying, selling, amassing fortunes, while entirely missing God’s “better is bigger” blessing. Complainers traded the eternal for the immediate, the spiritual for the sensual, the best for the average, the promise for paltry stuff. The “better is bigger” people sing ...
This world is not my home I'm just passing through
my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
the angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
and I can't feel at home in this world anymore

O Lord you know I have no friend like you
if Heaven's not my home then Lord what will I do?
the angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
and I can't feel at home in this world anymore

This Christmas let us remember, reflect, and be renewed with “better is bigger” truth. If we do, we will be energized and eager as a result of coming face to face, heart to heart, mind to mind, and Spirit to spirit with Jesus, the Christ, Messiah, Savior, Lord. The One promised with great detail, “a virgin will conceive,” and, “His Name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace,” has come. Jesus lived among us. He suffered, died and rose again from the dead! All sacrifices have been made that need to be made. The “better” must be “biggest” message of the season!

Shepherds saw and heard a heavenly host declaring, “Glory to God in the highest!” The “better” reality is, “You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven.” (Hebrews 12:23) “Better is bigger” people, those who are in the “joyful assembly” know that singing in the choir is more satisfying than sitting in the audience! Let’s sing by candlelight and live the “better is better” message in broad daylight!