Jesus' parable of the mustard seed

Matthew 13:31 KJV
[31] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

The parable of the mustard seed talks about a farmer who planted a mustard seed. Despite it looking tiny, it grew and became the greatest among herbs, becoming a place of shelter for birds. This parable was used to illustrate a key factor about the kingdom of God. The mustard seed here represents small deeds, our small acts of kindness, the small things we do for the body of Christ, the small gestures we do among men, etc. that are always trivialized.

The little things we assume are of no relevance may turn out to become our saving grace. We can see this in the case of the woman called Dorcas. She was a seamstress who sewed clothes for widows. To her they were minor deeds, but it was this same minor deed that brought the heartfelt cry from the widow that led to her resurrection. The same goes with the widow of Zarephath, whose good deed led to her freedom from the debt her debtors held. Their deeds were likened to a mustard seed—tiny, insignificant, but it was a resting place for others that eventually became their saving grace.

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In like manner, we are the farmers, and the earth our field. Whatever we sow in it, no matter how tiny it may look, over time it builds branches that become a support for others, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Heaven counts every seed as worthy, no matter how small it is. No wonder he talked about the people he separated as goats and sheep. To some he welcomes and told them he was sick, he needed food or clothes and they offered him help. And those he cast away, he needed food and clothes and was sick, but they neither visited him nor offered him help. At the end, he said, "Whatever you do to any among you, you do for me."

Yes, humans are in God's nature and he lives in us. Whatever you do for anyone, no matter how small it is, you do unto God. One doesn't need to make millions to start sowing; all you need is a tiny seed as small as a mustard seed. Every seed eventually grows, and who knows, just like the woman who dropped her two pieces of coin in the offering box, your deed may be recorded as the greatest.