Can you watch the grass grow?

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how. For the earth brings forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come. Mark 4:26-29

If you stand on your front lawn watching your grass grow you will be disappointed. It just doesn’t seem to grow, right? Nothing happening there, right? But if you come back a few weeks later, what a difference.

…First the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.

Jesus says that the kingdom coming in our lives is like that. Growth is evident over time, and it is an inexorable growth, an unstoppable growth. If we have the perspective of the increase which God is giving in His time, we are encouraged when we see what He has done and is doing.

If we don’t see things from His Kingdom perspective, then we may be like the guy who looks at the grass and says, Nothing happening here!

…And the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how. The work of the Holy Spirit by the Word of God in a person’s spirit and mind is truly miraculous and mysterious. It is a mighty work of God, which never ceases, just like the wheat, which keeps growing day and night and we don’t know how.