A Little Bit Of Faith

The disciples had tried to heal a demon possessed boy and had failed. “Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 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

The plant referred to here is generally considered to be a black mustard, a large annual plant up to 9 feet tall, but growing from a very small seed. Jesus was saying to the disciple they could accomplish gigantic things if they had just a little bit of faith.

A tiny bit of faith in God can produce more than we ever thought. David killing the giant, Goliath, is an example. A little boy took some little stones and with a little sling, believing what his big God could do through him, did what the whole Israel army was not able to do.  

We must remember that it is never about what we can do on our own. It is about what God can do through us if with just a little bit of faith we surrender all we have and all we are for him to use as he wants. Look what the Apostle Paul did. He was the one who said, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by FAITH in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Paul considered himself dead, totally surrendered to Christ who lived in him, using him to do great things for the Kingdom. Remember it was also Paul who said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13

You know, I think if all the Christians in the world had just a little bit of faith to completely relinquish their lives to Mighty God we would see Him moving a lot of mountains which are barriers to what He wants to do through us.