Mustard Seed Faith
January 27,
2013
Matthew 17:14-20
At the foot of the mountain, a
large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and
said, “Lord, have mercy on my son. He
has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the
water. So I brought him to your
disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must I be with
you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and
it left him. From that moment the boy was well.
Afterward the disciples asked Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out
that demon?” “You don’t have enough
faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small
as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’
and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.
Jesus had just come down from the
mountaintop. He has experienced a phenomenal
supernatural event. The Son of God
living out the Mission of God had His work affirmed in a powerful way. Now he goes down and finds sickness. He finds his disciples unable to do his work
in his name. Jesus is upset. Jesus heals the boy. Jesus has harsh words for his chosen
disciples. Jesus calls his disciples
faithless and corrupt. They were not
doing what Jesus had given them the power to do. The boy’s father on the other hand, has great
faith. Despite the public failings of
the disciples, he still believes in Jesus.
Faith moves mountains. If you have faith enough, all difficulties
can be solved, and even the hardest task can be accomplished. Faith in God is the instrument which enables
people to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path. Faith doesn’t back down. It doesn’t fade or go away. Are there mountains in your way? What does your faith look like? Has it changed things? Do you believe Jesus can change things? Will you have faith? Will you follow Christ? Let’s do the Lord’s work and have faith.
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