Daily Devotional For Today 29 October 2022: Inspirational Message and Prayer
Read Daily Devotional For Today 29 October 2022
Topic: The Kingdom of God is Like…
Scripture: Luke 13: 18-19
It makes me wonder which kingdom Jesus is speaking about – the kingdom on earth or the Kingdom of Heaven. The mustard seed could be likened to the teaching of Jesus which takes place in a small part of a small country at a time when communication was limited and news was passed along person to person and around campfires in the wilderness and sometimes by caravans moving through the area.
Most people were illiterate, so much of what Jesus said and did wasn’t written down until much later. And yet, this seed became like the tree with so many branches that there is no one that cannot fit under it. Or, perhaps it is the Kingdom of God in Heaven that he is talking about. If so, then it tells me that the Kingdom of Heaven is wide enough and broad enough for each of us to have room. We might like to think of the Kingdom of Heaven as limited in scope, but Jesus is telling us that it is not.
There is room for all of us to shelter under its branches. Either way, this small seed planted in this obscure area of the world has grown and blossomed to cover the world and its people with the Good News of salvation. Heaven is the destination planned for all of God’s children who will accept the invitation and follow Jesus, and there is plenty of room for all.
Prayer For Today
Lord, this small seed of your message of salvation has spread to the ends of the earth so that all might be gathered into your kingdom. For this we give you thanks. Amen.