24 He also said to them, “Pay attention to what you are hearing! The measure with which you measure out will be used to measure to you — and more besides! 25 For anyone who has something will be given more; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away.”
26 And he said, “The Kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. 27 Nights he sleeps, days he’s awake; and meanwhile the seeds sprout and grow — how, he doesn’t know. 28 By itself the soil produces a crop — first the stalk, then the head, and finally the full grain in the head. 29 But as soon as the crop is ready, the man comes with his sickle, because it’s harvest-time.”
30 Yeshua also said, “With what can we compare the Kingdom of God? What illustration should we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when planted, is the smallest of all the seeds in the field; 32 but after it has been planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all the plants, with such big branches that the birds flying about can build nests in its shade.”
33 With many parables like these he spoke the message to them, to the extent that they were capable of hearing it. 34 He did not say a thing to them without using a parable; when he was alone with his own talmidim he explained everything to them.
"Little Is Much" by Author: Jon Carnes“Little is much when God is in it.” The words of that precious hymn are truer than most realize. There is just no way to know the impact our lives can have. A farmer stepped into the pastor’s office with a check. “I want a church where my family can come to know the Lord. Here is the money to build the building. We mortgaged our farm but no one is to know.” That act of faith provided a church, which over time has resulted in pastors, missionaries, and wonderful laypeople. The kingdom has been enlarged by thousands upon thousands of souls.
We know the name Billy Graham, but just a few know of Mordecai Ham, who led Billy to the Lord. Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission started as a mustard seed. George Muller reached out to a few orphans, resulting in hundreds of thousands being saved. Watchman Knee spent the majority of his adult life in prison for his faith. The result was God’s kingdom expanded by millions. You may think your contribution of faith is small, but with God, it is enormous.
Hymn for Today: "Little Is Much When God Is In It" by Kittie L. Suffield, 1924.
1. In the harvest field now ripened
There’s a work for all to do;
Hark! the voice of God is calling
To the harvest calling you.
Refrain:
Little is much when God is in it!
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown—and you can win it,
If you go in Jesus’ Name.
2. In the mad rush of the broad way,
In the hurry and the strife,
Tell of Jesus’ love and mercy,
Give to them the Word of Life.
Refrain:
Little is much when God is in it!
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown—and you can win it,
If you go in Jesus’ Name.
3. Does the place you’re called to labor
Seem too small and little known?
It is great if God is in it,
And He’ll not forget His own.
Refrain:
Little is much when God is in it!
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown—and you can win it,
If you go in Jesus’ Name.
4. Are you laid aside from service,
Body worn from toil and care?
You can still be in the battle,
In the sacred place of prayer.
Refrain:
Little is much when God is in it!
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown—and you can win it,
If you go in Jesus’ Name.
5. When the conflict here is ended
And our race on earth is run,
He will say, if we are faithful,
“Welcome home, My child—well done!”
Refrain:
Little is much when God is in it!
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There’s a crown—and you can win it,
If you go in Jesus’ Name.
"He did not say a thing to them without using a parable; when he was alone with his own talmidim he explained everything to them."[Mark 4:34].
Please pray:
May God be with the people who think that they do not offer much to the Kingdom while their little is hugh to God.
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