The kingdom of God is quite unlike other kingdoms. It’s more subversive, more underground, more radical than other kingdoms of this world.
We see this clearly in this week’s passage from Mark’s Gospel, in Chapter Four, verses 21 to 34, in our talk ‘The King’s Kingdom’.
The kingdom is likened to a little lamp, to scattered seed, and even to the tiny mustard seed.
If we’re to understand what it’s like to be in Jesus’ kingdom, and how it is that it grows and expands, we need to listen clearly to what Jesus says about it, and prepared to be challenged by how it works.
And above all, we should not be surprised when it seems small and unimpressive… because in this case the saying is true: from little things big things grow!