Nourishing the Seed of Faith

Matthew 13:32

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.

The mustard seed is very small.  To look at it, one might assume that this seed could never be anything significant.  Yet when it germinates from the tiniest of beginnings, it blossoms into one of the largest plants in any garden.  But it does not get to its imposing size if it is not properly nourished.  

The same is true of our faith.  Our faith starts out as seed planted in our hearts.  It starts out small at first, but when properly nourished grows into something so large that it changes how we live and how we serve God.  Jesus taught that with faith the size of a mustard seed we can move mountains.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for planting a seed of love within our hearts.  Thank You for the nurturing care of the Holy Spirit in our lives that that stirs our hearts and feeds our faith   We pray that the Holy Spirit will help us to nourish and care for the seed of love within us.  May our faith become big enough to supply our needs as we seek to bear fruit for Your kingdom.