Yeast

Luke 13: 20-21

He also asked, "What else is the Kingdom of God like? It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough."

Jesus also said that the Kingdom of God is within me (Luke 17:21); since I revere and obey Jesus as my King, I am a part of His Kingdom. Each one of us who has recognized His authority over us as our King is also a part of His Kingdom right now. So we are to be the yeast in the dough of the society we live in to raise it up, just as the yeast makes the bread to rise. It takes time; The dough sits to rise, then is often punched down to rise again. We need to remember this when we find ourselves "punched down." We will rise again. And we may even raise up our whole society, if we don't give up.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!