"The Parable of the Mustard Seed"

We often come to God on a personal mission.

2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
- Matthew 13:2

If we keep pointing to ourselves, then we’ll miss the point!

13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
- Matthew 13:13

“The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed...”
- Matthew 13:31

God’s Kingdom should be our focus because it will never fall.

31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
- Matthew 13:31-32

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- Matthew 6:33

We find our call in God’s Kingdom.

We are called to help God’s Kingdom grow.

What’s our role in helping God’s Kingdom grow?

1. Grow closer to God

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
- John 15:5

2. Grow in Character

You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:5

3. Go and Make Disciples

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” 
- Matthew 28:19-20