Varennes Heights Baptist Church

This Sunday night, January 31, we will begin a study on the Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven. Two of these parables stand out as great teachers for any church which is seeking to make a difference in the kingdom of heaven. The parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the yeast. Bottom line is that both of these were small in comparison to the end product; but the end product was big! Often times we, in our personal life and in the church, want what the Israelites wanted. They wanted Israel to be restored to greatness immediatly! We often want big things and we want them right now!

In working with churches and in being involved in the Men's Ministry at Varennes, (and from life experiences itself), things start small like the mustard seed or the yeast. But, over time, small things become big things as one thing is built upon a previous success. It is like losing weight; we want to lose it all right now! But, it just does not happen that way - it takes time. On the one hand, therefore, we should not "despise the day of small things" for that is how big things happen. Yet, as in these parables, and as in life, there must be, like the yeast, a "starter"; there must be something which works its way through all that we do. It is our faith in Christ that He is the answer to what the world needs. It is the desire in our hearts to spread the Kingdom of Heaven