Small things…

An old favorite recycled:

I recently finished a personal Bible study on the Kingdom of God.  The Lord encouraged me with these thoughts:   

The Kingdom of God is a power already released in the world.  Its beginnings are tiny – but once it has been begun, nothing can stop it.  Not even the “gates” or powers of hell can prevent the Kingdom of God from coming to completion.

Three word pictures of the Kingdom of God are given in the gospels: 

·          The lump of yeast is small, but when added to flour it will leaven into a very large quantity of dough (Matthew 13:33).

·         The mustard seed is tiny, but if you plant it, it will grow to become one of the largest of trees (Matthew 13:31-32).

·         If you sow a field with seed, you will have set in motion forces which one day will produce the harvest (Mark 4:26-29).

This is what the Kingdom of God is like – it starts small, but with time it will grow to something overwhelmingly large!

If you are praying for and trusting God to start a movement to bring the Kingdom of God to the lost on your campus, you are partnering with Him to set into motion the forces which will produce a harvest for God! 

Many of you are in the beginning stages of starting to build God’s Kingdom at your school.   Remember that although the results you may be seeing today seem small, maybe even invisible, they will eventually result in a large harvest!  Look at this amazing story of how God used “small beginnings” in prayer to build a fruitful movement in Irkutsk.

As you step out in faith and ask God to use you in bring His Kingdom to the lost at your school, remember that the forces of God have been set into motion, which will inevitably build His Kingdom!  Once started, even though it may be a small beginning, God’s Kingdom cannot be stopped!  Stay on the course He has set before you, don’t stop believing that He will do it, walk by faith in His power, stay faithful to the little things and the big things, don’t give up in despair and doubt.  God’s Kingdom will come to you campus!