"The Kingdom of
God is like . . . .
a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant
in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes
the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the
birds of the air can perch in its shade."
Mark 4:30-32
a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant
in the ground. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes
the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the
birds of the air can perch in its shade."
Mark 4:30-32
Jesus told a story about a tiny
mustard seed growing into a huge tree. If you were a first century
historian having watched the meteoric rise of the Roman Empire and then having watched this Nazarene named Jesus rounding up a few non militant followers, who would you have bet on as most likely to change the world?
God thought it best to reduce himself to the size of an uncultured peasant in order to redeem the universe. God must think that "little" matters. Not only that, He must think that "little" works . . . .
I recall this sentence from the book, The Shack, "If anything matters, everything matters." If I, with
only mustard sized faith, do anything, no matter how small, then God may grow it to become far more influential in building God's Kingdom than anything I could ever hope or imagine. That's how God's Kingdom grows, from the bottom up, from the margins in, from the least to the largest, from small to big, from the acorn to the oak.
"If anything matters, everything matters."
historian having watched the meteoric rise of the Roman Empire and then having watched this Nazarene named Jesus rounding up a few non militant followers, who would you have bet on as most likely to change the world?
God thought it best to reduce himself to the size of an uncultured peasant in order to redeem the universe. God must think that "little" matters. Not only that, He must think that "little" works . . . .
I recall this sentence from the book, The Shack, "If anything matters, everything matters." If I, with
only mustard sized faith, do anything, no matter how small, then God may grow it to become far more influential in building God's Kingdom than anything I could ever hope or imagine. That's how God's Kingdom grows, from the bottom up, from the margins in, from the least to the largest, from small to big, from the acorn to the oak.
"If anything matters, everything matters."
"Lord, help me
today and each day to pay attention to the simple details of the needs
of those around me so that I don't miss taking the small action that you
could use to 'move a mountain'. Amen."
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