Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Faith As A Mustard Seed


Well guess what I did yesterday? Several weeks ago my pastor preached on having faith the size of a mustard seed. At church a card was distributed to us with those very words placed on it and the scripture verse Matthew 17:20, along with six mustard seeds glued to the card. The scripture verse states "I'm not praying only for them. I'm also praying for those who will believe in me through their message."
In this chapter Jesus is praying for Himself, His disciples and His church. It is a pretty powerful prayer that He prays, I encourage you to read chapter 17 of John. As I was writing this I discovered that I just quoted the wrong verse from another book in the bible. I just quoted John 17:20. Sorry. I do not think that it was a mistake that I was thinking another verse and wrote a completely different verse in scripture. For whatever reason I trust that Holy Spirit wants you to read John 17: 1-26."
Now that I am in the right book of the bible, now, let me quote what Matthew 17:20 states "He told them, "Because you have so little faith. I can guarantee this truth: If your faith is the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Now that is more like it right? I saw for a few days now the planting of one of the seeds from the card and yesterday was the day I actually removed one of the seeds and planted it into the ground. I may have planted a seed into the ground for another generation to see the fruit come forth from the seed. Did you ever think that far in advance? You see, Jesus is coming soon and His people will be removed from the earth for a very short season while the tribulation upon the earth takes place. What I planted yesterday may be growing and visible for those that are left behind to experience what will happen during that time frame. Just a thought. What about when we come back with Jesus and rule and reign with Him for 1,000 years? Maybe the seed I planted yesterday will be a part of my testimony and witness to those that will join us for the millennium period of time. You see, if you allow God to expand your logic or thinking He can open up all kinds of possibilities to you. Things that you would have never even thought of until you took the action step in the faith portion to plant that seed that Holy Spirit urged you to plant. That was a good insight I just received as I was composing this. Our witness is not just for today and our immediate family but our witness is being established for others when we rule and reign with Jesus. Maybe that concept can be a bit overwhelming for others to receive when you read this but don't throw away the concept just chew on it a bit and ponder it. Seek Holy Spirit and it will become agreeable in time. Some others will grasp this concept right away and then inside of them will become an urgency to fulfill destiny in their life. It really is not all about them and their circle of friends/family but for the greater picture. People have to stop thinking close minded and really need to start or continue to think heavenly/kingdom thoughts does that make sense?
In reality how easy it should be to have this faith the size of a mustard seed right?If the faith could be as simple as planting a seed of mustard in the ground imagine how many mustard trees would be grown around the world by now.

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