Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Matthew chapter 13 verses 5 and 6:
5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.
The things God does are always hidden at first. They are small, they are unseen, they are beneath the surface. They are off the beaten path in a little town called Nazareth, where people wonder if anything good can really come from. They are buried in a borrowed tomb from a rich man given to a poor. They are meeting quietly into the long hours of the night as a part of “the underground”. They are taking their roots in long hours of study and prayer amongst the faithful.
Trust there is now more than meets the eye. Trust God is at work in hidden places. Things take time. They take root. Then they take off.
What is happening beneath the surface is necessary for strength and substance. And when the stalk shoots up, then the head, then the full grain appears, the sun shall not scorch it. For its roots are deep, and strong, and ready.
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