This verse excites me!! It makes me think of the people who questioned my trip- why Uganda, why Africa, why now, etc etc... I am so thankful that my Father in Heaven knows my heart and knew what He was doing when he called me here! In this verse Jesus is saying that if we have faith the size of a small, tiny little seed that the Lord will do amazing things with that through us, through me and you!
He could have said anything really. He chose a mustard seed, which is a tiny little seed. I started planting this year and it's amazing the things that grow from these little seeds or bulbs. I actually planted my very first bulbs this year and when they started coming up from the ground I was so excited! I showed them to Jeremy in the proudest way, just delighted in the work I had done. I planted these bulbs and they grew! But my bulbs are so much bigger than a mustard seed. I can't imagine how something so great can come out of something so little and how the Father delights in that! It's awesome!
This is also how I think of this trip. The Lord put Africa on my heart and, in faith, I followed His call here. Of course I was skeptical about things, scared and nervous at times, and I do miss home; but, the Lord is so awesome! He says that if my faith is even as small as a mustard seed I can move mountains.
Matthew 13:31 explains a little better why the mustard seed is so significant. It says: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and perch on its branches."
I hope you are encouraged today in whatever you are doing and have faith that the Lord has a purpose for you, your life, your job, and everything you are doing. Rejoice for the Lord is worthy of our praise!!
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