09 JAN 2026
The Places God Chooses
Quiet, unseen, and full of becoming!
By Shikha, S.C.M.A. Communications Director
Let me ask you something…When you imagine God at work, what does that look like to you? Is it loud? Is it visible? Is it something everyone can see and applaud?
Because I think… so often, we expect God to move in the big moments. The obvious ones. The ones that come with noise and celebration!
But Scripture keeps showing us something different. It tells us, “Do not despise these small beginnings.” Not because they are impressive. But because they are holy.
A shepherd on the backside of a desert notices a bush that burns but is not consumed. A fearful man named Gideon hears God’s voice while hiding. A group of fishermen hear a simple invitation: Follow Me.
And somehow, the future of the world begins there. Not with noise but with presence. Not with spectacle but with relationship. And I think God still works this way. Not rushing. Not pushing. Not performing.
Just… forming.
And that’s what I see in the heart of Swamp Camp Mission Alliance. Not a desire to be everywhere. Not a need to be loud. Just a quiet commitment to being faithful. To the outside world, this work may seem small. Quiet. Unimpressive. But heaven has always been fond of small beginnings. Because the Kingdom of God has never been built by speed. It’s always been built by depth.
Jesus didn’t rush. He didn’t build crowds before He built hearts. He walked with people.
He ate with them. He listened. He stayed. And He said, “Whoever wants to be great must learn how to serve.” Not impress. Not dominate. Not perform. Serve.
And that’s exactly the posture that S.C.M.A. replicates. A three-year process where young believers are not just taught what leadership looks like, but invited into who they are becoming. They learn to serve, to listen, to steward, to walk with communities rather than rush past them.
A three-year journey of becoming. A mustard seed. A few loaves. A whispered yes. Jesus said the smallest seed becomes the biggest tree.
Which tells me something: God is never intimidated by small. He does His deepest work there. Because transformation doesn’t usually happen in one big moment. It happens in a thousand quiet ones.
When character grows slowly. When mentors walk beside, not above. When people gather, not because they were told to, but because they belong. And that kind of belonging… You can’t manufacture it. You can’t market it. You can’t rush it. It grows where love stays.
And maybe that’s what God is whispering to us in this season, that the most important things are rarely loud. That the deepest work is often unseen. That legacy is written long before it is celebrated.
Scripture says we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. Because the unseen… is where God is working.
At S.C.M.A., this is the prayer of our work:
* That Kingdom kids would grow into Kingdom leaders.
* That older generations wouldn’t step aside, but step in as partners.
* That the space between calling and experience would be bridged through shared purpose.
So today, we don’t ask for applause. We ask for partnership.
* Would you pray for the young leaders being formed right now?
* Would you encourage someone who is serving quietly, faithfully, without recognition?
* Would you invest, not just into programs, but into people?
Because the Kingdom of God has never been built by crowds. It has always been built by transformed lives, layered over time. And perhaps, right now, God is writing something extraordinary… in places the world hasn’t learned to look.