Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from October 24, “Little Things”
We continue our study with Matthew 13:31-33. Here, Jesus uses two analogies to describe the kingdom of Heaven. We cover them as one because their message is similar. When we imagine a conquering king, we see someone big, bold, and brutal. The Israelites of Jesus’ day imagined their messiah would come in with power and throw off the Roman oppressor. Surely “the kingdom of God” would be something spectacular. Indeed it is and will be, but not in the way we might have expected. God seems to like starting with “little Things”: a tiny seed that produces a tree that shades and sustains; a tiny bit of yeast, which permeates the whole loaf and completely changes its nature. These are some of the pictures that Jesus gives us of His kingdom. What do they mean for us?
