24 April 2014 Have you every thought about the statement Jesus made when He said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you?” I have been thinking about that statement and I have asked the question, “What is faith as a mustard seed?” To many that I have heard speak about “mustard seed faith,” the common characteristic is the smallness of the faith. As I have looked at Jesus’ statement, I have noticed that He said “as a mustard seed,” not “the size of a mustard seed.” You must admit that there is a difference. Size is not the issue. In fact, when we make size the issue we, in effect, say to those listening to us that it’s OK to stay weak in faith. Jesus on the other hand was speaking of the power within the mustard seed. God placed in the mustard seed all that it will ever be: all the potential. The mustard seed does not have to try to produce the mustard plant. It simply has to be a mustard seed. When the mustard seed is planted and germinates, it releases all of its potential and becomes the producing plant that it was intended to be. Child of God, the same is true of you. God has locked within you the potential of all that you will ever be. He is not looking for you to be something that you are not. He is looking for you to be what He created you to be: a man or woman of faith. The kind of faith that simply says, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” It is then that you can say to the mulberry tree and to the mountain, “Be removed and cast into the sea.” “…For assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:30:36 +0000
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