Mark 4:26,27

Mark 4:26,27 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. Jesus is reminding us that there are many things in life that we don’t understand, but still use. We know a little about electricity, but just exactly how the electrons move through the copper wires is still beyond our understanding. We know gasoline explodes and is controlled in a car’s engine, but most of us don’t understand transmissions and alternators and air conditioners. But that doesn’t stop us from driving a car – or if you aren’t old enough to drive, to ride in a car. When workers on the line at South Central Growers plant seeds, we don’t know exactly how or why they germinate and sprout into tiny little plants. But that doesn’t stop us from planting those seeds and trusting that in a couple of days that they will actually sprout up. And Jesus reminds us in our verse for today that we don’t fully understand exactly how the spiritual world works. We may not understand soteriology or eschatology or predestination or propitiation, but we do know that God loves us and Jesus died for us. And we can trust in our loving God to take us safely to heaven when we close our eyes for that long sleep called death. God knows it all. He will keep us safe and will never let us down! We may not understand it all, but God does. So let’s just trust Him!