Mark 4:26-34 ~ sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how

Mark 4:26-34

 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. 34 He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

It is rare when I read a Scripture and it's as if I am seeing it for the first time in the New Testament. The Old Testament continues to surprise me regularly. In this passage, I am far and away more familiar with the second part of the parable. Matthew Henry had such a warm love for the Scriptures and he explains v.26-29 as the wind when the Holy Spirit searches a man (mankind) and turns his heart. 

 John 3:8

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

My Uncle Tate loved to say indeed. Very comforting, indeed. We are not in charge of God's plan and don't always have to understand which way God's hips are moving. God's plan will unfold like the grain, like the harvest. Like the grain of mustard seed. We did an entire study of the "Top 100 Bible Stories" and each one was to point out; We accomplish God's plan. The good add to the good of God's Plan and the evil add without intending to help the works of God.


We give our hearts to the LORD and allow Him to be KING.

Psalm 103:19
The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all

1 Corinthians 10:26
For “the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

The next portion of Mark's Gospel is Jesus asleep in the boat. Jesus was not afraid, He dwelt securely. Knowing His Father was in charge.  A reminder to all of us. Life will offer us waves of emotion. Waves of circumstance. Waves of situations. We are to remember time unfolds God's plan. Rest. In knowing God is in charge.





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