20 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.”
We have access to God's power, but I think this verse shows how unlikely it is that most of us will truly experience all of his glory while here on earth. He tells the disciples if you had faith as small as a mustard see you could move a mountain, yet their faith is to little to drive out a demon.
How could their faith be weakened by any doubts? They just seen a transfigured Jesus in what must have been an absolutely stunning and out of this world experience, yet their faith was too small to drive out this demon.
I find this both discouraging and comforting. Discouraging to think if even the disciples were weak how will I be strong in faith? Encouraging to know that I am not alone in my weakness and don't give up, be even more thankful for Grace and continue to dig into his word and spend more time in prayer to build my faith and move me closer to his promise that nothing is impossible for me.
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I know the feeling. They saw everything Jesus did, here on earth, and yet they still struggled with their faith. We don't have the luxury of hearing him address the crowds, or see him heal the sick, or raise people from the dead......I suppose it wouldn't make much difference. At the end of the day, no matter which day and time I'm living in, I'm still a selfish person. My first concern will always be myself. That's the root of the problem.
ReplyDeleteWhen you were talking about having access to his power, it made me think of the fact that we only use 10% of our brains. Its a little bit of the same concept. We have access to God's unbelievable power, and yet we only use a small portion of it. I wonder if Adam and Eve had access to all of their brain potential, and therefore more of God's power, before they made the decision to be selfish? hhhhmmmmmmmmm..... I often think about things like that. I truly believe that someday we will see the convergence of Science and Faith. And when we see the entire picture put together, it will make total sense.
WHOA! lots of rambling this morning. What we you talking about? hahahahhahaha!
thanks for the thought provokers.