Where Is Your Faith?

"The Lord answered, "If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'May you be uprooted and thrown into the sea,' and it would obey you!" 

Luke 17:6

He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, 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." 

Matthew 17:20

"For with God nothing shall be impossible."  

Luke 1:37

Mark 11:22-25 (New Living Translation), 

“Then Jesus said to the disciples, “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.”

Jesus was matter-of-fact: "Embrace this God-life. Really embrace it, and nothing will be too much for you. This mountain, for instance: Just say, 'Go jump in the lake'—no shuffling or shilly-shallying—and it's as good as done. That's why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you'll get God's everything. And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it's not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive—only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins." 

Matthew 11: 22-25 (The Message) 

(A friend of mine brought “The Message Version” to my attention. I love how it is stated.)

“You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it." Matthew 21:22 NLT 

and stated in NIV “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

If you ask believing that is faith. How is faith defined? As a firm belief in something for which there is no proof; complete trust; belief and trust in and loyalty to God. Faith means believing without questioning; without trying to compromise; without doubting; without arguing or disputing; nothing wavering (to feel or show doubt, indecision)and without analyzing. James 1:6 says “But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind.”

What size is a mustard seed? 1 – 2 mm in size Here are some comparisons to help you vision how tiny a grain of mustard seed is.

• · 1 mm = 0.0393700787402 inch or 5/127 inch
• · 2 mm=  0.0787401574804 inch or 10/127 inch
• · 1.5 mm is about the diameter of a pin head or length of average flea
• · It is compared to a grain of sand
• · To compare to 5 mm which is the length of the average red ant. So a mustard seed is less than half of the average red ant.

We can summarize that a mustard seed is very tiny. So Jesus is not telling us we have to have LOTS of faith to move mountains, is He?  No, He is saying we only have to have a tiny, tiny bit of faith. It is so amazing that we do NOT need but a tiny bit of faith to move mountains!

But the most awesome of it all is that you don’t need but that little bit of faith- the size of a mustard seed – but to have that faith in God! That is the main point.  If you only have that small amount of faith in God then you will be able to move that mountain or that mulberry tree. Wow! It doesn’t take much but you have to have that faith in God and not in yourselves or anyone or anything else.

So maybe we need to stop praying for more faith and start searching our hearts and examining our hearts and lives and make sure we are putting our faith in God! Just to sum it up once again with these two verses is all we need is a tiny amount of faith in God to move mountains!

"For with God nothing shall be impossible."  Luke 1:37

So how much faith do we have? Where are we putting our faith? Is it put in man or in God? Are many mountains being moved in your life? I think it is about time we started moving those mountains, don’t you?