What is it like to be like a Mustard Seed?
Thinking on Mark 4:30-34
Pay Attention To Small Things
The mustard seed is a small seed.
Not the smallest, perhaps the smallest grown in the Middle East at the time?
God's Kingdom is based upon small works.
People take credit for impressive big acts!
But, God is in the details, no one notices or wants to do ...
Practice The Perspective of Eternity
Eternity is God's timing, not the here and now!
A seed is sown, it grows up ~ it takes activity, plus time.
We must learn to be patient and see time from God's perspective.
Comparing yourself to others does not lead to faith!
Seeing your lows and other's highs, leads to defeat.
Seeing our dry periods and failures, leads to defeat.
Remembering how others live out their faith, through their highs, the lows, dry periods, and defeats, should help us build faith!
Appreciate The Power
It is where God's Victory is found!
The tree/bush created by the tiny seed becomes powerful, all come to depend upon it.
I wonder if this includes a Gentile faith .... hmmmmm ....
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