"He replied,
"Because you have so little faith.
Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
you can say to this mountain,
'Move from here to there,' and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you."
Matthew 17:20
Sometimes, circumstances arrive on the horizon and appear to be massive mountains that we can't get over or around. When something intimidating is in front of us our minds want to shrink in comparison and we lose the ability to think clearly.
The scripture above teaches that If we have faith as small as a mustard seed we can tell a mountain to move and it will move. The teachable point of the verse is about the spiritual concept of faith. The specific words of encouragement are, “... if you have faith the size of a mustard seed”. For literal purposes let me say, “If you have faith the size of the dot at the end of this sentence, THEN you can move mountains.” Do you see that small dot; the period on the other side of the word mountains? Is that the size of your faith? Then no worries; you have all the faith you need!
Our faith does not need to feel large to be large. Faith, in and of itself, is vast. Our faith doesn’t have to feel firm to be faith; for faith carries its own conviction and provides enough assurance -for that is what faith does naturally. Do you see where I am going? Your faith is enough and it can feel small and quiet or be expressed exuberantly with boldness… but it’s still faith. Faith cannot be measured nor is that a requirement for it to be enough to do its job. It isn’t weighed like gold and its size is irrelevant. If you grasp this unmeasurable thing called faith…that is more than enough.
In God's Word, we are given a visual encouragement using the physical size of a mustard seed so that we can be reassured of faith's existence and hold to that small seed of hope! Faith’s size can be that of a speck of sand on the seaside or, in contrast, soar in size like that of our solar system, being so universally large that our vision cannot take it in. It’s the same faith and has the same power to throw mountain-size circumstances into the sea!
“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
New and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains (of your circumstances) and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.
(Remembering past circumstances as old stories)
(Remembering past circumstances as old stories)
You will sort them, (reflecting back)
the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the Lord
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 41: 15-16 (Bold emphasis mine)
Let one single speck of faith propel you to move your mountains
and in the end you will be over-joyed by victory!
and in the end you will be over-joyed by victory!
“Lord, Make it so!”
Song Recommendation:
Deliverance
By: Gateway
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