Mustard Seed Faith

 I had the bright idea one Sunday morning about preaching on the topic of mustard seed faith. I actually bought a bottle of mustard seeds and had my sons, Tucker and Tuner, pass them out among the congregation. Multiple people could be heard across the sanctuary exclaiming when they dropped theirs. The seed was so tiny I could not see it when I held it between my thumb and index finger. 

In Matthew 17:20 Jesus talked about faith the size of a mustard seed moving mountains. Brenda and I have faced a few mountains over the years. I went off to a prayer room earlier today to pray about a couple of current mountains. I asked the Lord to look into my heart to see that I had faith larger than a mustard seed. 

What about you? Do you have faith at least the size of a mustard seed? There is a huge difference in having an intellectual faith and living by and praying with genuine faith. I know what I intellectually believe God can do. I also know when faith has to be put into action and what I believe God experientally to do. 

The size of the moutain is irrelevant. It is the size of our God that really matter. He dwarfs all our mountains. He has never faced a difficult task. Not delivering Israel from Egyptian slavery and drowing Pharaoh. Not providing food and wather for millions of Hebrews in the desert. Not slaying a giant by a shepherd. Not healing the blind, leprous, paralyzed and even raisding the dead. What we face is not hard for God no matter how dauting it seems. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH HIM!

Let that sink in. No thing is too hard for Him. He can revive any church, save any lost person, penetrate any closed country with the gospel, provide any need no matter the amount, reclaim prodigals, and answer any mustard seed prayer. Mustard seed faith is tiny. I think Jesus told us that it does not take much faith to see Him do marvelous things. 

If people heard and knew some of the audacious things I've asked God to do they would think I was out of my mind. Big, bold, and boundless prayers that I believe glorify Him when He answers. Brenda and I love to testify when God answers. People have commented to me they wished God would do similar things for them. He absolutely can. What people do not see is the hours spent alone shut up with God travailing for those answers days, months, and at times years and decades to answer. 

Right now Brenda and I praying about a house. We have signed a contract on one we feel a peace about living in. We have prayed every step of the way. I am not just content to get a house. I ask God repeatedly for such a miraculous work as to pay the house off and to own the home debt free. I have mustard seed faith to believe that God can and will do this for us so we can boast about Him. At the same time, I'm praying for two vehicles debt free. Not because we just want new vehicles. Both of ours, one 21 years old, the other 19 years old, need major repairs that no longer make wise financial sense. For well over a year I've gone to the secret place to pray in these miracles. I am firm in my commitment to God to not go in debt on vehicles. Our money is tied up in getting into a house. So I summon mustard seed faith and ask God to move that mountain. I can see it in my spirit. One day I will see them in my garage. When He does it I will testify about the power of mustard seed faith and a God who chooses to respond to it in marvelous ways. The travailing is hard work. The end result is glorifying God.