Small towns tend to be places where not much happens. Commerce, the latest entertainments, exciting people and events, the decisions that shape history—these happen in bigger cities and important centers. But God is not limited to working with what is already deemed important in the world; the Lord is not a slave to significant people and places as he achieves his plan. In fact, God’s plan bestows significance, his love creates importance. And God orders all things mightily and sweetly for the sake of our salvation. Already, centuries before Christ, the Lord was preparing the small town of Bethlehem to host the greatest event the world has ever known. Ruth, initially excluded from Bethlehem, is welcomed in. We, once excluded from heaven by sin, now have a home with the Savior. In the fourth Advent station we glorify God because he has overcome our littleness and our alienation from him to make us great through the Incarnation of his Son.