There is a ride at Walt Disney World called “It’s a Small World”. Even if you’ve never been there are rode it, you are probably aware of the mind-numbing repetitive song that is played during the ride:
It’s a small world after all, it’s a small world after all.
It’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small, small, small world
It’s a small world after all, it’s a small world after all
It’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small, small, small world
The purpose of the ride and the song is to illustrate that even though the world is made up of different ethnicities, we are still all human beings and that makes the world very small indeed. There are a few lessons I believe we can learn from this song.
First, we are human beings, each with a soul, created in the image of God (Genesis 1:26) and that makes the world very small. Unlike the animal and plant world, humans are unique in the creation. Paul told the people in Athens, “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’” (Acts 17:26-28)
Second, as Christians, members of the Lord’s church, wherever we go we can find other Christians to associate with, and many times they know another Christian you know! The church is universal in nature and it makes the world a smaller place. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been far from home, only to find faithful Christians that share the precious faith with me. How is this possible? The church only has one head, Jesus Christ! Paul wrote, “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:22, 23).
It is truly a small world.
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