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Faith Like a Mustard Seed

Recently, There is so much going on in my life that I find it difficult to differentiate when am I acting from a place of "Faith" or place of "striving/control". The bible makes it clear that faith comes from the Spirit, and the fruit of the Spirit is: joy, peace, patience, understanding (see Ephesians 5). From this, I know that many times I'm not 'in the Spirit', and I can see that I'm not acting out of faith. - this is my concern. I want to be a man of faith. Have you considered the size of a mustard seed? It's tiny, unassuming, yet packed with flavor!

A very brief idea: Faith is simple. Once I complicate something, a situation, a relationship, a project, typically, faith is thrown out the window. Mustard Seed Faith calls attention to 'letting go', acting courageously to move through whatever resistance or conflict presents itself. Jesus himself said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." Think of how simple, unassuming, faith can transform your life today!


So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.

-anon

Labels: faith, kingdom of heaven, mustard seed

posted by Gman and Julz @ 9:26 AM