Matthew 13:31-32

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good!

I will be back in Nahum tomorrow, but something struck me the end of last week. The mustard seed. One of the smallest, if not the smallest seed and when nurtured it germinates in 3 to 10 days. Let's look at Matthew.

Matthew 13:31-32 tells the parable of the mustard seed: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.”

Jesus was the first sower of the "Christian mustard seed" as He spread seeds throughout the country side. His seeds have multiplied. You, me, WE are to do the same. We should be as the mustard seed. Just think about it a moment. If we had the faith of a mustard seed we could move a mountain. A mustard seed is 3 mm; that is very small. But if we had this faith....oh wow.....what we could do for the glory of God.

And then the seed grows! How big does it grow? It can become over 10 feet tall. If your faith grew, equivalently, as the mustard seed, we would all be Billy Grahams and more. How is your faith? How is your seed? Is it stiffled? Trying to grow, but won't yet germinate? Or is your seed well nurtured and becoming a full sized plant? 1 or 2 hours for God on Sunday!! Is that truly enough. You do not keep your job by dedicating 2 hours a week to it; and what does it get you? Worldly security! Okay, but what about life everlasting? Eternal life? Is not this worth the extra effort? But I don't have time! Bunk!

Take God seriously! He takes you seriously! Love you all!

In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny