February 10, 2012 Kingdom Growing Power

Kingdom Growing Power

Mark 4:30-32 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground. 32 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.”

HAVE you ever been around a mustard plant? They’re not so big. As a boy on the farm I would walk the grain and hay fields to pull up mustard plants and put them in a bag. It was the only way to remove the weed and save the crop.
So what’s Jesus talking about here—a mustard seed growing into a huge plant with branches for birds to sit on?
He is talking about Kingdom growing. The Kingdom of God is supernatural. God created the heavens and the earth and set a natural order to the universe.
Then sin broke into his creation. As a consequence, God’s creation, especially mankind, groans under sin’s weight. Now God has stepped in to change the natural sin with his supernatural power.
In the power of God, Jesus supernaturally transforms blindness to sight, lameness to strength, leprosy to wholeness, death to life, and sin to salvation.
When you accept Jesus’ salvation, you have at your disposal that same supernatural power through the Holy Spirit. The Spirit grows your heart to love, to forgive, to seek God, to worship God, to trust his mercy, to know his grace, and to know new life in his risen life. Yes, whatever you face before you, the Spirit’s supernatural power is available to shelter you.


Pause and consider how you can rest in God’s big arms.