27 October: Luke 13:18-21
Key Verse: Luke 13:19
It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.’
Devotion:
I wonder what the people though about the answers Jesus gave here to the question of 'what is the kingdom of heaven like?'
To me, heaven is going to be a place outside of the boundaries of my imagination because I am stuck in this mortal, physical world and that is all I can get my head round sometimes!
But to Jesus, heaven was where he was before he came to live as a human being amongst us. So Describing it in normal terms would just be alien! So he chose to be abstract but giving them and us an understanding that heaven is so much more than we can think of.
A seed is something tiny, but given time it can grow into something huge which serves so much more than just a seed. It is beyond the understanding of the seed and anyone who sees its origin as a seed!
Points to ponder:
Are you struggling to think about what God has in store for you?
Why not try to live in this world for now, as a servant of God...