We’re prone to think if we just had more faith, then God could do amazing things through us. But Jesus tells us something quite astonishing. The issue isn’t whether we are full of faith but whether we have any faith. If we have the smallest amount of faith, God works on our behalf.
A small amount of faith is enough because the focus is not on our faith but its object.
Our faith makes a difference not because it is so great but because God is so great.
Jesus is teaching us that stunning things happen if we have faith. Mountains are metaphors for things and circumstances that are too big for us to conquer. God moves them as we believe in Him and do not doubt.
What is there to doubt about God anyway? He created the universe. He sent His Son into the world to save us from our sin. He loves us. He helps those who ask for His help.
Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” [2]
Peter wrote, “Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” [3]
Jesus is saying to cast our cares on Him for He cares for us. He says, “Ask and you shall receive, knock and the door shall be opened, seek and you shall find.”
Mountain-moving faith is based on God’s promises—on what is revealed in his Word.
Mustard seed faith is enormously powerful—not because of our faith, but because it unites us to the God who raised Jesus Christ from the dead.
Faith is receptivity. It receives Christ and all that He has done for us, and all that He is willing to do in and through us when we trust in Him.
Now, let's start praying and believing... start praising and thanking God in advance for what He is going to do as we ask for His help... as we cast our cares upon Him knowing that He cares for us.
[1] Matthew 17:20
[2] Matthew 7:7-8
[3] 1 Peter 5:7
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