Leaven, Hidden In Flour (Matthew 13:33)

 


Wednesday, 15 October, 2025


Psalm 104:1-25

2 Kings 3:4-27

Matthew 13:31-43


Observance: Teresa of Avila, teacher (d. 1592)


Leaven, Hidden In Flour (Matthew 13:33)


He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.”


There is so much to learn about the kingdom of heaven! Jesus just keeps throwing out these parables, describing all the different aspects about it. Today we learn another blessed truth: that it is not ostentatious.


Worldly glory is not for those who want to enter the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom is spread abroad, like seeds scattered by a sower, or microscopic bits of yeast mixed through flour. Faithful Christians the world over, all doing their little bit, and all those little bits being gathered together by the Lord to make one big beautiful thing.


We also see how the kingdom of heaven itself is not necessarily something we can see and point to. Rather, it is something that is revealed by the result of it’s presence among us. The seed is hidden under the soil; but we see the plant growing out of it. The yeast is hidden, mixed through the dough; but we see the dough rise and the bread baked.


It can be tough, labouring away at our little piece of kingdom work, not always seeing the bigger picture. But we know the Lord is using every little bit we do to build something wonderful. And he needs all of us doing our little bit, faithfully, every day.


What is your little bit of kingdom work you have been given? How might the Lord be using that to build something bigger?


Lord of the angels of heaven, who gathers your people from the ends of the earth, giving them the joy of building your kingdom: give us faithful hearts and diligent attitudes, that when we come to our last breath on this earth, we will hear those blessed words “well done, good and faithful servant”.

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