Bigger is better?

Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land (Isaiah 5:8)

We do not live in the only age of expansion. The 'bigger is better' mentality had gripped the people of Israel to whom Isaiah prophesied. They did not regard the deeds of the LORD (v12), but were set on expansion.

How easy it is to say that growth is the blessing of the LORD! Yet small and humble may more honor the King than a vast empire.