Impossible, meet your better
“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.” (Matthew 17:20)
Have you ever tried to move a mountain? I have moved sheds, piles of gravel, stones, and the like, but never a mountain! I have moved wheelbarrows full of dirt, filling flower beds and the like, but never the entire mountain - not even a hill! There is something here Jesus wants us to understand: Faith isn't measured as we measure things. It is measured in the hands of God because only he sees the full potential in that small seed of faith.
What insurmountable thing or looming challenge do you have over your head right now? Are you trusting God with it? Have you given him the 'little faith' you have, trusting him to show you the full potential wrapped up in that 'tiny seed' of faith you bring to him? Trusting God with what we don't understand or have the ability to face alone isn't foolishness - it is the wisest and most 'sane' thing an individual can do!
Faith must be cultivated, but have we stopped to consider it could just be the insurmountable or most challenging things that cause that 'tiny seed' to produce the biggest growth? The 'size' of our faith doesn't determine the 'potential' of our faith. That can be a hard one to swallow sometimes because we imagine ourselves too weak or overwhelmed to face the challenge. The truth is, we probably are, but we don't face that challenge in with our own potential - we face it with HIS!
Remember - it isn't about the 'size' of our faith. Great or small, it is all the same to God. It is about the OBJECT of our faith. If we have faith in only what we can see, understand, or do on our own, we will surely be overwhelmed by the issue at hand. If we have faith in HIM, we are unleashing a power that cannot be contained, limited, or resisted. Just sayin!
Have you ever tried to move a mountain? I have moved sheds, piles of gravel, stones, and the like, but never a mountain! I have moved wheelbarrows full of dirt, filling flower beds and the like, but never the entire mountain - not even a hill! There is something here Jesus wants us to understand: Faith isn't measured as we measure things. It is measured in the hands of God because only he sees the full potential in that small seed of faith.
What insurmountable thing or looming challenge do you have over your head right now? Are you trusting God with it? Have you given him the 'little faith' you have, trusting him to show you the full potential wrapped up in that 'tiny seed' of faith you bring to him? Trusting God with what we don't understand or have the ability to face alone isn't foolishness - it is the wisest and most 'sane' thing an individual can do!
Faith must be cultivated, but have we stopped to consider it could just be the insurmountable or most challenging things that cause that 'tiny seed' to produce the biggest growth? The 'size' of our faith doesn't determine the 'potential' of our faith. That can be a hard one to swallow sometimes because we imagine ourselves too weak or overwhelmed to face the challenge. The truth is, we probably are, but we don't face that challenge in with our own potential - we face it with HIS!
Remember - it isn't about the 'size' of our faith. Great or small, it is all the same to God. It is about the OBJECT of our faith. If we have faith in only what we can see, understand, or do on our own, we will surely be overwhelmed by the issue at hand. If we have faith in HIM, we are unleashing a power that cannot be contained, limited, or resisted. Just sayin!
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