Tag: Faith of a Mustard Seed

¹² But you made the Nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ ~ Amos 2:12

Many of us live our lives in a box, and because we live in the box, we drag God into the same box as well. God is all-powerful, but His power is restrained or limited by our faith. Jesus, God in the flesh, marveled at the unbelief of Nazareth, His hometown (Mark 6:1-6) because He could only do a few miracles and heal a few sick. If we refuse to believe God is more than Salvation and try to convince others of the same thing, then it’s not the beliefs we’re trying to stop; it’s God.

God wants to do more than save us from our sin. He wants to give us life more abundantly, but we have to believe it’s possible. We have to leave the box in order to see all that God has in store for us. We have to remove our biases and truly seek the Truth of God.

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³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, ³² yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade. ~ Mark 4:31–32

A mustard seed faith starts out really small. Sometimes, you don’t even know it’s there at first. But you hear the Good News about Jesus. You receive the Good News, and you believe the Good News. Then it begins to grow into the largest of all garden plants, and nothing will be impossible for you.

This faith not only moves mountains, but it ministers to the needs of others as well. Jesus has given us the keys to the kingdom of God, and He expects us to do the work, not Him. Have you ever noticed that Jesus is not moved by need? Just because someone needs clothes doesn’t mean Jesus will come down and clothe them. Or feed the hungry. Or heal the sick. Or spread the Gospel to remote areas. Why? It’s not His job. Jesus said that as long as He was IN the world, He was the Light of the World. Jesus is no longer in the world. That’s why He said we are now the light of the world. He has left us in charge, and we, the Church, are responsible for what happens and what authority rules the world.

If we want to see miracles, revival, an outpouring of the Spirit, and a change in the atmosphere, we have to have mustard-seed faith that can grow. We have to have faith that can grow beyond “I know it’s possible.” We have to have faith that can grow to “I believe it’s possible.” Our faith can’t be stagnant. Our faith has to be able to grow.

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³⁰ And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? ³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, ³² yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.” ~ Mark 4:30–32

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. What is so special about a mustard seed, you ask? Well, let’s analyze what Jesus was teaching. Jesus wasn’t saying you just need a little bit of faith, but rather, He was saying you need a little of seed-like faith that can grow into great faith. I can have a little faith but never see anything happen because my faith is limited to my own biases. But if I remove my biases, then my faith has room to grow.

We need to have seed-like faith that can be planted and let it grow into something big. For instance, if you have the spirit of fear, your seed can’t grow because you’ll be too afraid to leave your comfort zone. So, it’s not just any old little type of faith; it’s seed-like faith. It’s faith with potential. It is a mustard seed faith.

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¹⁵ And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. ¹⁶ Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸ they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” ~ Mark 16:15–18

Jesus promised that all who believe would be able to access certain signs. In fact, He said that these signs would accompany or follow believers. Therefore, these are our inalienable rights in the LORD. No one or nothing can take that away from us. Why? Because in these things, God is glorified.

God receives glory whenever His mighty Name is used in a righteous way. He wants to heal the sick, open the eyes of the blind, and make the lame walk again. He wants to perform signs and wonders and miracles and perform many mighty acts of healing, but His Church won’t let Him. We limit God by our faith. If our faith is much, God can do much, but if our faith is little, then God can only do little. God will be as big in your life as you allow Him to be.

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¹¹ Then I said to Him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” ¹² And a second time I answered and said to Him, “What are these two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil is poured out?” ~ Zechariah 4:11-12

God showed Zechariah a vision but didn’t explain it to him until he inquired it of God. Sometimes God shows us a little piece of the puzzle to get our attention so that we’ll seek Him for more. The answer doesn’t always come right away or even after the first time we ask. Sometimes, it takes asking more than one time. Why? There are multiple answers to this question. Sometimes, it’s like Daniel, and something is keeping your answer from getting to you, but other times it’s to help us grow our faith.

If God answered every single question the very first time we asked, then how could our faith ever grow enough to withstand any kind of storm? Sometimes, God remains silent for a short time to help grow our faith. A seed can’t grow without a little bit of rain sometimes. Paul said that trying times produce endurance. These small tests help prepare us for bigger tests to come. If we don’t have the faith to keep asking after the first, second, or even fifth time, how will we be able to ask and have faith in a time of trouble?

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⁴ I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, ⁵ that in every way you were enriched in Him in all speech and all knowledge— ⁶ even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— ⁷ so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁸ who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:4–9

Though the Corinthians were young in the faith, still on spiritual milk, they didn’t lack any spiritual gift but were enriched in Christ Jesus in all speech and all knowledge. They were guiltless because of the grace that they received through faith in the finished work of our LORD Jesus Christ.

They were walking in power and working miracles, not because of anything else, but the grace of Jesus Christ that was at work in them. In other words, it was their faith that was reaching out and taking hold of the kingdom of God and His righteousness and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

So, even though the Corinthians were carnal and mere babes in Christ, even though they were on spiritual milk and not solid food, they lacked no spiritual gift, which suggests to me that spiritual gifts are not activated with maturity but with faith. You might be a one-hour-old Christian, but by faith, you can heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead. You can do all these things through Christ, or a better way of putting it, through faith in Christ, who strengthens you and leads you into all truths.

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For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous. There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you. All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant. Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you. Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured, and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity; those who plunder you shall be plundered, and all who prey on you I will make a prey. For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord, because they have called you an outcast: ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’ Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt on its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be. ~ Jeremiah 30:12-18

When you go through a season of tribulation and hardships, the Devil will whisper in your ear that God doesn’t care. He’ll tell you that God’s forgotten about you or that God can’t be real because if He was, this wouldn’t have happened. But if we return to God and remain faithful, the LORD will redeem us. We were once separated from God, but now because of the redeeming blood of Jesus, we are called Children of God.

Don’t listen to the lies of the enemy. Don’t look at the circumstance or situation you’re in. Focus on God. Focus on the promises of God. Focus on the love of God. Focus on God. Don’t let anything distract you or separate you from Him. Cling to the LORD, and the LORD will cling to you.

LORD God, please give me the faith to endure any and every season that comes my way. Give me the faith in the good and the bad. Strengthen my faith, LORD God. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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⁴ So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was ⁵ and said to them, “I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. ⁶ You know that I have served your father with all my strength, ⁷ yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. ⁸ If he said, ‘The spotted shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped. ⁹ Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. ¹⁰ In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled. ¹¹ Then the Angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’ ¹² And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. ¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.’” ~ Genesis 31:4-13

Jacob was an honorable man. He lived his life according to the will of God, and for this, the LORD loved him. Because Jacob put his trust in the LORD, the LORD was always with him no matter where he went or what happened to him. Jacob could have been angry and disgruntled at Laban and allowed the Spirit of Rejection and the Spirit of Resentment to come upon him, but he didn’t. Jacob fully and wholly put his life in the hands of Almighty God. Jacob’s faith kept him from falling into the temptation of the enemy because Jacob understood no matter what Laban or any other man did to him, his life was in the hands of the LORD, and the blessing of the LORD was upon him. Jacob had faith in his blessing.

We’ve all been given blessings. They’re the promises of God written for us in Scripture, but often times we miss out on them for lack of faith. We put our faith in our own abilities or in situations or other people. The only person that can keep your blessing from you is you. Don’t believe the lie that if God has something for you, you’ll receive it no matter what. You have to do something. You have to have faith. You have to continue working regardless of what the enemy tries to take from you. Laban cheated Jacob and changed his wages ten times. If Jacob had given up or gotten upset instead of putting his faith in the LORD, Laban would’ve successfully cheated him, but Jacob stood on his faith in the LORD.

Is there something or someone that keeps cheating you or changing your wages? Does it feel like you’re losing your blessing or your promise, no matter how hard you try? Put your faith in the LORD. Don’t look with your natural eye. Don’t look at the situation you are in. Look at the promise you have been given from God. Keep your focus on His word, and the LORD will bring you through. Keep going. Don’t give up. The LORD will neither leave you nor forsake you.

LORD God, teach me to keep the faith. Help me to focus on your call, blessing, and promise for my life instead of the situation or stumbling block that is in front of me. Help me to not see the times I have been cheated or done wrong. Help me to see what’s on the other side of the obstacle. Please give me the faith to overcome everything the enemy throws at me. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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⁸ Ishbosheth the son of Hachmon was the leader of the Three Warriors. In one battle, he killed eight hundred men with his spear. ~ 2 Samuel 23:8^CEV

Ishbosheth killed eight hundred men in the same battle or in the same fight. Imagine with me this man, Ishbosheth, the son of Hachmon, was in a battle for his life against eight hundred battled-trained warriors. This was a very real event. A very real fight. The rest of the Israelite army had fled, but Ishobeth stayed and fought; he was fighting the whole Philistine army.

I believe the reason he only killed eight hundred men, all at the same time and in the same battle, was that when the other Philistines saw the death toll, they realized the odds were no longer stacked in their favor, and they ran away.

Most people would look at that situation and call it hopeless. They would look at it with their physical eyes. They would say, you better not try that; you’re bound to lose. Or, oh boy, you’re in a hopeless situation. Nothing can help you, and no one can save you now. Well, you fought a good fight, but now it’s all over. Why don’t you just give up now? You can’t win that one. The majority of people in Ishobeth’s situation would be discouraged and believe what the discouraging words others have told them, and in doing so, they would have missed making a great name for themselves. But that was not Ishobeth’s testimony.

He was like, the harder they come, the harder they fall. Why? Because he understood that it wasn’t he alone who was out there wielding that spear. He understood that greater was He that was in him than he that was with the 800. Ishobeth knew the LORD God whom he served. His faith was shaken. He was a man of faith and action. This now begs the question, are you?

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