Can Mustard Trees Bear Tomatoes?

Maybe like me you have had a gardening experience where you presumably sowed a certain vegetable seed but it came up as something entirely different.  You were looking forward to a hill of cucumbers but ended up with a hundred zucchini. We reap what we sow even if the seed isn’t what we intended it to be.

Photo by Mat Honan

A well known Bible teacher and speaker lately shared how one of his friends had received a faith seed from a TV evangelist in return for a donation. The friend valued the seed.  The evangelist promised it was a mustard seed from Israel.  The man carefully planted the seed in just the right spot in the garden and tended it lovingly. He was looking forward to the birds nesting in the mustard tree as it matured.  The seed sprouted and grew into a healthy big plant.  That summer he had all the tomatoes he could use.

We reap what we sow spiritually also. It is usually harder to discern what the fruit will look like at the end.  But if we walk the path God directs us in the fruit will be to our liking and to His.

 “Godly men are growing a tree that bears life-giving fruit, and all who win souls are wise.  Even the godly shall be rewarded here on earth; how much more the wicked!”  Proverbs 11: 30 and 31

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I want to walk with you spiritually this year, inviting you to read the Bible through from cover to cover; from Genesis 1 all the way to Revelation 22:21.  If that sounds too difficult for you and your kids, you can join in again after you have taken a break or join us for the days you’re up to it.  I promise that you will understand the Bible in a much deeper way if you read it through from cover to cover in a year’s time.

Accept my challenge to read the Bible through in one year chronologically, including the Old and the New Testament.

Today read:
Deuteronomy 13:1-15:23
Luke 8:40-9:6
Psalm 71:1-24
Proverbs 12:5-7
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