Luke 17:6

Monday 2/27/12

Luke 17:6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

Interpretation:

     In the verse before this, the apostles ask Jesus to “Increase our faith.” From this sentence, it sounds as though they already had some amount of faith. So what did Jesus do? He didn’t say, “Okay, I’ll increase it – Poof! – It’s increased.” No, instead, He meets them where they were at with their faith. He shows them what He could do through them if they only came to Him in belief. In fact, in Matthew 17:20, Jesus tells His disciples that they could not only move mulberry trees, but move mountains and do greater things than that if they just had the tiny bit of faith as a mustard seed. You want to know why? Because, really, you don’t need any more faith than that to come to God. And the God of the universe can do amazing things in and through you. It’s never about what we’ve done, how great we are, or even how much faith we have (for even faith is from God according to Eph. 2:8-9); instead, it’s always about Him. That’s the whole Christian life! God is always able and willing to meet us where we are and do great things in us regardless of how weak we are or how little faith we have. So the only question that remains is this: “If God is willing to meet us where we are, do we have enough faith to simply come and meet with Him?”

Application:

     Because any faith, power, and anything good in my life is from God, I will take an extra twenty minutes today to meet with God in prayer.