When The Grain Is Ripe

Mark 4:26-29 (NIV)
²⁶ He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.
²⁷ Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
²⁸ All by itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
²⁹ As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

We do not usually understand the effect we have in the lives of others, in the kingdom of God. We are often unaware of the Spirit working within our own hearts, but like the planted seed in this parable, it does germinate and put forth roots in the Divine. Though we don’t know entirely how it comes to pass, we begin to see the fruit, small at first but growing in size and diversity in our lives.

God has put forth His Word and it will come to pass. There is a reason and order to all things. There will be a fulfillment of all things. There will be a time when the harvest is complete. We can see in part now, but we will not see completely until Jesus comes back again, just as soon as the grain is ripe.