Another parable put he
forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard
seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of
all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a
tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. – Matthew 13.31-32
There are a
couple of time when Jesus uses a mustard seed as a picture as an illustration
of something that is small and insignificant that has great potential. A little
later He will talk about how the tiny bit of faith can do great things.
But here He
talks about how the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that when it is
planted seems small and insignificant and like nothing can come of it. Then,
one day it will be the greatest plant among herbs big enough for the birds to
come and live in the bush.
It may seem to
us sometimes in some of our ministries that we have not grown much beyond the
size of that mustard seed. But the day is coming when the kingdom of will be
the kingdom of all kingdoms when Christ will reign supreme and all earthly
powers will fall by the wayside.
God does great
things with little thing and He makes great things out of little.
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