Don't Give Up

He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 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 in its branches.

 The parable of the mustard seed is a clear reminder that little is much when God is in it.

Size Is Insignificant to God:       Judges 6:12

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.

        1. Sowing .     Psalm 126:5-6 Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. [6] He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him .

        2. Growing .       1 Corinthians 3:5-8 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

3. Reaping .       Galatians 6:8-9

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

God Wants His Children to Grow: Philippians 3:13

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

        1. You must have real life priorities .

        2. You must have a positive faith.

        3. You must forget the past .

        4. You must discipline your life.

        5. You must never give up.

God Wants to do Great Things Through Us: Genesis 1:28-29

God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. 29 Then God said, I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

        1. Everything reproduces after its own kind.

   2.  A seed, when planted, is quite small in comparison to the harvest .