The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Mustard Seed
Do you have faith the size of a mustard seed? Do you believe God can use you to impact His Kingdom? We have an awesome opportunity to reach hundreds of thousands of people each month. Will you help us impact this world?
“[Jesus] told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” (Matthew 13:31-32)
Jesus told many parables comparing the kingdom of God to something familiar to help people understand what Heaven is like. He said it’s like a tiny mustard seed (Matthew 13:31, Mark 4:30, Luke 13:18); like yeast that works through a large amount of dough (Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:20), and like the seed a man scatters, which grows even though he doesn’t know how (Mark 4:26).
God doesn’t build His kingdom through a complex international strategy with a slick business or marketing plan. It doesn’t make national news. Instead, quietly – starting with one person of faith – it grows and spreads.
It starts with a person like you, who may not possess great communication skills, but who believes Jesus’ sacrifice paid for your sin. As you live in the freedom that forgiveness brings, you influence your husband and your children. The peace and joy displayed in your life changes the atmosphere of your home. Impatience, criticism and selfishness begin to melt away. Friends and neighbors start to notice.
A teaspoon of yeast can make three cups of flour rise. A single mustard seed grows into a plant large enough for birds to sit on its branches. Flower seeds planted in the garden each summer germinate and sprout while we sleep! It doesn’t take much because God does the work. We don’t even have to understand how it works; we just need to surrender our lives to Him.
Holy God, help me to understand what Your kingdom is like. May I willingly allow You to spread Your kingdom through me. Amen.
Question: When have you seen a small step of faith produce something great?
4 Responses to “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a Mustard Seed”
Leave a Reply
Start a Conversation
Media
What Do You Fear?
What do you fear, and why? Is it holding you back from realizing your full potential?
>Watch
- Contact
- |
- Advertising
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Link to Us
- |
- Media Releases
- |
- What we believe
Thank you for stopping by and sharing, Julie, Bernice and Lily.
I just want to encourage you all to keep walking by faith and not by sight. I’ve observed so many times when the Holy Spirit prompts people to do such specific things that become such wonderful testimonies that only God can bring. I love it when that happens.
One example is when I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to speak over a couple that “the axehead will float again to the top,” and that whatever was lost will be recovered, not knowing that it was the exact word they needed to hear about their marriage in trouble. God is sooo good. We must be willing and obedient vessels. Being obedient is the greatest act of faith.
I pray for greater obedience in all of us,
Rashiel <3
I was a Sunday school teacher and one day i went to visit a friend of mine who had her daughter in my class. And she told me how her daughter had adamantly put her off that they need to pray before doing anything just like my Sunday school teacher has taught us. They had to develop a prayer pattern as a family and when I see this girl now in twenties growing in faith, I see a mustard seed growing – the kingdom of God expanding. The family is doing fine spiritually.
I was just praying about this, this morning! Talking with God about how he can use me, what gifts do I have that he can use? How can I better spend my time in His service? Thank you for this devotion today, it reminded me that God is in control, he knows what he is doing even when we are floundering in questions. Thank you,
Your Sister in Christ
Grat explanation, Suzanne. I like when you said it doesn’t take much because God does the work. Too often I think we feel timid and fear rejection if we talk about our faith, especially since Christians have been getting a bad rap from the news media. We are not the ones who are being rejected, and even rejection is a response God can later use in that person’s life. Thanks for the reminder of what our role is.