The little mustard seed

"But Joseph said to them, 'Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." - Gen 50:19-20

Joseph knew that God was with him and would deliver him from all evils, and I think that is the same in my case as well.

"Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." - Matt 13:32

The gist of this parable says that the small will eventually become the mighty. And yet, although the kingdom of God is available to us by grace through faith, genuine faith is about genuinely embracing and yielding to God's reign, not simply acknowledging it and thereafter passing it by as if it did not exist. It is only with this genuine faith then do we turn into the tree which the birds of the air will come and perch on its branches.

PRAYER:
"Praise be to the Lord for always being by my side. Though I do not see You, You have made Your presence felt in me. And because of Your holy presence, I know Lord that you will deliver me from harm's way as you did for Joseph, Your servant. Father Lord, I remember that I too, am like the mustard seed in Jesus' parable. The purpose of the things that I do or experience on earth may seem doubtful at times, but I know Lord, that they are part of Your plans that will shape and mould me to be like Your character, so that I will be worthy to enter through the gates of Heaven come the fateful day and also a part of the building of Your kingdom. In Christ's name, I pray, Amen."