Apr 24 - Mark 4:32

When the mustard seed is sown

it grows up and becomes

the greatest of all shrubs,

and puts forth large branches,

so that the birds of the air
can make nests in its shade.

Mark 4:32

The point of all of Jesus’ mustard seed analogies is that something small (both faith and a mustard seed) can grow into something meaningful and substantial.

Now, you probably know that. Therefore, let’s focus on the branches rather than seeds.

What happens if – and as – your faith grows?

1.    It reaches “up.”

2.    It sprouts limbs and leaves.

3.    Birds rest in the shade of the branches.

Read that again … If we follow the natural cycle of grow, we reach up, our faith grows greater, we branch out and reach out, and the “birds” that we reach out to (our friends) can make a nest in our faith … until they grow their own faith.

This passage isn’t just about how meaningful and substantial our own faith-growth can be, but how instrumental we can be in helping and encouraging our neighbor.

In Christ’s Love,

a rose bush

(you can decide whether I

smell good or am prickly

or both)