"Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching." (2 Tim. 4:2)

In 1947, a professor at the University of Chicago, Dr. Chanrasekhar, was scheduled to teach an advanced seminar in astrophysics. At the time, he was living in Wisconsin, doing research at the Yerkes astronomical observatory. He planned to commute twice a week for the class, even though it would be held during the harsh winter months.

Registration for the seminar, however, fell far below expectations. Only two students signed up for the class. People expected Dr. Chanrasekhar to cancel, lest he waste his time. But, for the sake of two students, he taught the class, commuting 100 miles, round-trip through back country roads in the dead of winter.

His students, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, did their homework. Ten years later, in 1957, they both won the Nobel prize for physics. So did Dr. Chandrasekhar in 1983. (From Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching, p. 239)

Likewise, for faithful preachers and teachers of God's word, no class is too small.