“The key to faith isn’t believing something, really really hard, into being; but getting involved in God’s will.”
Wait on the Lord for the knowledge of His will and then once you know it you will know what to ask and you can believe His promises.
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” 1 John 5:14
(I added the italics, to help me focus.)
Wow. Okay, if he is gonna basically tell us, if we will come to Him and wait on Him, then it makes the whole mustard seed statement about faith simple. It isn’t some mystery Christ is speaking. He really means that is all the faith we need! The faith is in God, believing God will do what he said he would do.
How many times have I felt God was going to do something but been like this ‘I have know idea how you can make this work God…’ but in obedience, if I pray for it to be or take the step that I am required to do, then that is enough faith! That is the mustard seed!
The mustard seed only becomes mystical when we try to work it into our agenda… we rush on with OUR plans and pray for God to bless what WE are doing… That is not the mustard seed.
Though it might be impossible for ME and YOU, nothing is impossible with God!
Comments welcome, as assistance in the pondering.
P.S. I feel a ‘why is this hard to do’ if it is a simple concept, post to follow…
TTFN
Jesus doesn’t require a faith that is impossible, hard, or difficult. He meant salvation for everyone, so therefore faith is for everyone, therefore faith is simple. It needs to be. It truly is child-like. Your understanding of faith need not be more complicated than what a child would understand. That is mustard seed faith. I think most of the time we complicate faith, make it harder than it is.
By the way this is a great note. Made me think.