This past Sunday's sermon had a long title, and the title reflected a clear prophetic warning: "Embrace It While It's Small: Later It Will Be Too Large For You."
This week we'll reflect on some of the thoughts shared by Pastor Benji during the sermon. Let's start with a recap of the main points shared:
-the kingdom of God is living;
-the kingdom of God is large;
-the kingdom of God is (ever)lasting.
In Matthew 13:31-32 Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a mustard seed, and that is a good place to start our reflection for today. (Let's not nit-pick over the use of the phrase "kingdom of God" versus the phrase "kingdom of heaven": I think we'll agree that the issue at hand is rather the approach we take to the things of God: His law, His principles, His mandates, His protocol.)
What credence do we give to something that is the size of a mustard seed? I think of words like 'inconsequential', 'insignificant', 'irrelevant'. Sometimes we don't pay attention to things because they are small. But if any of you have experienced the pain of a splinter, or the discomfort of walking with a tiny pebble caught in your shoe, you know that small things have the potential to get our attention in a big way. And if you don't deal with the small thing, it can soon become a big problem.
Are there kingdom principles that you are ignoring- submission to authority? Obedience? Humility? The day will come when we have to answer for what we've done, and what we've failed to do, in this effort to live the life of the kingdom while we're here on this earth.
The smallest seed becomes the biggest tree. How will you treat that seed?
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