Mustard Faith

Sometimes, if you are like me, it seems you have so little faith.  I want things to happen when I want them to happen, in my time and on my terms.  Someone please say “amen”.  I hope I am not alone here.  Well, as it turns out, I know I am among good company, because even those closest to God lacked faith at times.

Listen to the story of Abram (Abraham) from Genesis 12.  “The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”  So Abram departed as the Lord had instructed, and Lot went with him.”  So, as I emphasized, Yahweh Himself told Abram to go and leave his relatives and go to a new land.  Notice the last four words in the quote, “and Lot went with Him”.  So Abram said O.K., I will go, but you don’t really expect me to do this alone do you God?  Well I can only guess at what Abram thought, but he did take Lot.  Maybe a little lapse of faith from the one God called “righteous because of his faith” (Genesis 15:6). 

Even those who were with Jesus lacked faith at times, and they saw all the miracles and amazing things He did.  Look with me at Matthew 17.  The apostles had tried to cast out a demon from a young boy and were not successful.  Let’s listen to Jesus beginning in verse 20, “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”  Those closest to Jesus even had faith issues at times.  That makes me feel much better.

Have you ever seen a mustard seed?  It is a tiny seed.  My Mom has one set into a necklace to remind her of what faith can do.  The amazing thing is that such a tiny seed grows into an amazing tree.  Just check out Google images and see if you don’t believe me.  So faith grows.  It’s like what Jesus what Jesus was telling us, If we have this tiny faith, it will grow into something I can use.  This kind of faith will be able to do anything!

Want to move a mountain today, or more realistically, trust that Jesus will get you through this day, or this problem or struggle you might face today?  Well, it all starts with this tiny faith.  Have that and let Jesus do the mountain moving in your life.

God Bless!