Read Through the Bible in a Year 2018 Day 288: The Mustard Seed

I can't believe I forgot to post this yesterday!

Sorry!

Hello everyone!

Today I read Mark 4-5.

In today's reading, Mark wrote about Jesus' parables - the parable of the seed, the parable of the sower, and others.

But he also wrote about the parable of the mustard seed, and I think this is the first time we get to read this one.

Mark 4:30-32 - And He said, "how shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE."

Now, whenever I hear the word mustard seed, I think of having faith as small as a mustard seed, because that's what we hear growing up in church.

And I think we'll get to that one, but let me touch on it a bit now while I'm on the subject.

The mustard seed is like the kingdom of God. It's also like our faith.

It begins small. The tiniest seed. But when planted, and watered, and fed, it grows into the largest tree that can shelter birds.

Such is the kingdom of God. The seed that is planted starts small, but when tended, it grows very large and takes care of people. And so God's kingdom grows.

Such is our faith. It starts small, but when we tend it, when we feed our faith (rather than our fears), it grows very large and can survive through all the situations we go through.

So, that's what I think it really means to have faith like a mustard seed. We can't just say "Oh. I have a tiny faith." We aren't supposed to have a tiny faith. We have to feed our faith rather than our fears.

I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Mark 6-7.