St Timothy Presbyterian Church

Scripture Passage Mark 4:26-34 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script The Key Jesus gave us a wonderful parable. The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the  ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would  sprout and grow, he does not know how. (Mark 4:26, 27) He does not know how. This phrase strikes me. It inspires me. It gives me a sense of freedom. I don't need to know everything. I don't need to control the result. I am not talking about not preparing thoroughly and expecting a  good result. I am not talking about that kind of laziness. But we all know that we cannot control the result in everything that  we do. We are trying to live a good life that builds the kingdom of God  but we don't know how the kingdom of God is established in  our life. Nobody knows. What Jesus is trying to say is that we are not the ones who build life  that reflects the kingdom of God. It is ultimately God who builds the kingdom of God. The key is God, not us. That's why St. Paul said