A father tells of taking his four-year-old son, Josh, out to McDonald’s for dinner one evening for a “guys’ night out.”

As they were eating their hamburgers, Josh asked, “Daddy, what are these little things on the hamburger buns?” Dad explained that they were tiny seeds and that they were OK to eat.

Josh was quiet for a couple of minutes and his Dad could tell Josh was in deep thought. Finally, Josh looked up and said, “Dad, if we go home and plant these seeds in our backyard, we will have enough hamburgers to last forever.” (1)

Not a bad guess from a four-year-old. However, we know that hamburgers don’t come from sesame seeds. But Josh was sure right about one thing--tiny seeds can produce a bountiful harvest.

Jesus often compared the Kingdom of God to seed sown in the ground. In toda…