PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Luke 13:18-21
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like a mustard seed.” (Luke 13:20)
Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a mustard seed, and to some yeast.
On the one hand it is small, insignificant, almost invisible.
And yet it packs a punch, and impacts much and many!
Most people have a hard time seeing, or sensing, the kingdom of God.
The dominion of darkness is so much easier to see and feel.
We might compare Satan’s power to a nuclear bomb, big and destructive.
Or like asphalt over a field, destroying the life beneath it.
But a little sprout breaks through, and SLOWLY breaks up the asphalt.
This is the way God works: subtle, hidden yet inevitable.
Never underestimate the power of love over the power of hate.
Don’t be fooled by Satan’s noisy, crushing presence – God is at work.
God’s kingdom is coming, souls are being saved, evil is unraveling.
Like yeast, its life is pushing, stretching, extending, expanding.
Wait for it, look for it, its only a matter of time before we see it!
PRAYER
Lord, your life cannot be crushed or stopped. Its not IF but WHEN your kingdom comes. Help us to hang on, not lose hope, and to look for the signs of life breaking through the asphalt.
A small ‘drop’ of faith, a germ, a seed, a virus. Observe what the COVID19 virus has done and still is doing. Our faith needs to be like that – a faith that exudes with grace and love and hope for others. Yet seeds of ‘white superiority’ and populist nationalism are having their day especially among ‘evangelicals’. I’m thinking it is better to be humble and gracious – living our faith consistently – one on one – not pompously and populist. What’s important is to have the seed of faith and to allow the HS to move me- humbly and genuinely living out of that faith! That is what brings true lasting hope.
Leaven is the agent that brings change for the lump of dough is transformed by it into the bread of life. That is what the Spirit does. As the mustard seed grew and became a home for the birds of the field so too His presence gives the rest His workers need. At all times I will serve the living God and He will continue to give His Spirit to all who live for Jesus, The answer, The Hope of the world.
The joy of the Lord is my strength,
the joy of the Lord is my strength,
The joy of the Lord is my strength,
the joy of the Lord is my strength.
He heals the broken hearted and they cry no more,
He heals the broken hearted and they cry no more.
He heals the broken hearted and they cry no more,
the joy of the Lord is my strength.
He gives me living water and I thirst no more,
He gives me living water and I thirst no more.
He gives me living water and I thirst no more,
the joy of the Lord is my strength.