Parable of the Mustard Seed

Good morning friends. Today, I wanted to share with you something that Jesus told his disciples.

One day, Jesus was sitting with his disciples—all those people who wanted to be like him—and he told them something strange.

He told them about a mustard seed. Did you notice the mustard seed in this room? No?

You probably didn’t notice it, because it’s so small! Here it is. Isn’t that tiny?

Jesus said that God’s plan for us—God’s plan for you, for me, for your parents—it is just like this mustard seed. And if you were to plant that mustard seed in the ground, do you think it would be very easy to find it? If I dropped it right now, it would be really hard to see it, right?

That’s what God’s plan is like. Sometimes it’s hard to see how God is trying to help us. Sometimes it’s hard to find what God wants us to do, or what to say when someone is hurting. But even if we don’t see it, God is still helping us.

But Jesus said something else, too.

If you were to plant this seed, do you know what it would grow into? Well… it’s a pretty tiny seed, so don’t you think it would grow into a tiny flower, or a tiny little plant?

Guess what? It grows into a great big tree that looks like this.

So Jesus says even though God’s plan is a tiny little seed, and even though we can’t always see it growing in the ground, that doesn’t mean it’s not growing. And just because we feel a little too tiny, or a little too young, it doesn’t mean that God doesn’t have a great big plan for us. Though we don’t always see it, just like this tiny mustard seed, we know that God is doing great big things in God’s great big plan.

Let’s pray.

Dear God,
You have a great big plan for the world.
We don’t have to understand everything,
And it’s okay if we can’t always see your plan.
Remind us that you are still with us.
Amen.