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Jesus asked, �How can I describe the Kingdom of God? What story should I use to illustrate it? It is like a tiny mustard seed. Though this is one of the smallest of seeds, it grows to become one of the largest of plants, with long branches where birds can come and find shelter.� Mark 4:30-32 NLT
One day I went to my Mother's for lunch. Looking through her cabinets, I found a can of mustard seeds. I poured five or six seeds into my hands (it took that many just so you could see them). I walked around the house showing everyone the seeds. Oh the illustrations were now so clear! Suddenly I got it! I know the audience to whom Jesus was talking completely understood, but I don't see mustard seeds every day, so I didn't quite get the full effect.
I never fully understood this parable of Jesus. Now, it seems crystal clear! I think Jesus was saying, �Think little, and you'll be thinking big!� Another way of saying it might be, �A little produces a whole lot !�
The Kingdom of God is about taking a little bit of faith, a little bit of trust, a little bit of response to His call and watching Him produce in our lives some really BIG results. It's about taking our nothingness and turning it into everything by the power of His grace!
The Kingdom of God is about taking the least of these and placing them first! It's about being weak so that we can be strong. It's about being pushed down, so we may be lifted up! It's about losing, so we can win!
The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed� small, practically weightless, easily lost, yet as it grows, it produces much fruit! The Kingdom of God takes what we don't have, and when combined with His grace and power, gives us what we don't deserve!
Ah, now I understand!
One day I went to my Mother's for lunch. Looking through her cabinets, I found a can of mustard seeds. I poured five or six seeds into my hands (it took that many just so you could see them). I walked around the house showing everyone the seeds. Oh the illustrations were now so clear! Suddenly I got it! I know the audience to whom Jesus was talking completely understood, but I don't see mustard seeds every day, so I didn't quite get the full effect.
I never fully understood this parable of Jesus. Now, it seems crystal clear! I think Jesus was saying, �Think little, and you'll be thinking big!� Another way of saying it might be, �A little produces a whole lot !�
The Kingdom of God is about taking a little bit of faith, a little bit of trust, a little bit of response to His call and watching Him produce in our lives some really BIG results. It's about taking our nothingness and turning it into everything by the power of His grace!
The Kingdom of God is about taking the least of these and placing them first! It's about being weak so that we can be strong. It's about being pushed down, so we may be lifted up! It's about losing, so we can win!
The Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed� small, practically weightless, easily lost, yet as it grows, it produces much fruit! The Kingdom of God takes what we don't have, and when combined with His grace and power, gives us what we don't deserve!
Ah, now I understand!
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