Scripture

Jesus also used this illustration:“The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

Observation

Jesus tells some more parables.

A farmer finds his wheat crop has been contaminated with darnell by an enemy. The workers ask him what they should do. He tells him to leave the weeds alone until harvest, when they can be separated and burned.

The kingdom is like a mustard seed that is tiny, and yet it grows to become a tree. It is like a tiny amount of yeast that permeates a much larger quantity of dough .

Application

The Kingdom of God is like yeast in that it spreads through the world imperceptibly.

It only takes a teaspoon of yeast to make a whole loaf of bread rise. That is the miracle that living organisms create. The yeast multiplies and breathes, causing the bubbles in the dough which make bread lighter and more palatable .

The Kingdom of God is a living organism, and as the people who make it up spread through a town or a nation, they change the culture .

Sometimes it is acts of kindness and love that impact lives. Sometimes it is the words that we use which encourage a person to become a follower of Christ.

Nations such as Australia are deeply affected by 200 years of faithfulness of Christians.

We don’t have to make a big name for ourselves. We don’t have to be heroic. We just spread through the dough, affecting people with the love of God.

Prayer

Thank you Lord for the Kingdom of God which permeates every corner of our society. Please help me to be that yeast in my corner. Amen.