Do You Have Mustard Seed Faith?

originally posted -Ms. Rae's Moment of Faith Blog @ Chinue Christian Fellowship

The past couple weeks, I have been suffering through one of my massive headache spells. I must admit that when I’m in physical pain, I am my biggest critic. I begin to question my life.

“What have I been doing or not doing to cause this headache?” I even start looking at those around me. “Have I been what God would have me to be for them?”
I have even been known to take things a little bit further… I start questioning my faith.

I have conversations with myself.
“Girl, where’s your faith?” “Don’t you have enough faith to believe that God is going to do what He says in his Word?” “You need to pray more to increase your faith.”

Can you believe that this dialogue can go on and on for days at a time? There are always my wonderful God Fearing friends, who will walk in, call, email, or text to add to the mystic of helping me “increase” my faith. So we get it everywhere we go.

Ok, I know I’m being sarcastic, but I can start my own personal ministry program called, “How Big is Your Faith” with the sole purpose to increase my faith bigger than yours, not realizing the injustice I’m creating in my world and yours.

Do you realize that Matthew tells us, that our mountains can be moved if we have faith the size of a grain of mustard seed? He didn’t say MOUNTAIN size faith is needed. He said mountains will move because of our faith is the size of a mustard seed. Reflex on that.

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, New International Version

Now, I was raised by southern parents and know a few things about mustard seeds. I was raised on Collard and Mustard Greens and had to think about what size is a mustard seed. I have also done my share of planting seeds in my life and realized that mustard seeds are used for pickling. These seeds are actually about the size of the head of a pencil. Not that big!!!

Can you imagine that? We aren’t being asked much. We are just being asked to have FAITH the size of this little old mustard seed. Why can’t we do that? With the smallest measure of faith we can move mountains in our lives. Praise God, He doesn’t ask much of us!

So, Ms. Rae, my dear friends, and Christian Saints, He isn’t asking us to increase our Faith, He is asking us to just have faith alone. By having the smallest measure of faith, changes will happen in our lives. God couldn’t be any simpler with us. He is as simple as His Word.

In the midst of my pain, my actions should have been to focus on Him instead of doubting my Faith. Looking back at the situation, I could still see how blessed I was and see God’s good work in my life. God was ‘still’ moving mountains but I was so busy questioning my faith that I couldn’t see it. I had on my pity-colored glasses that needed to be refocused. Actually I should have removed those glasses and BE STILL!!!

How often do we as Christian realize that all we need to do is, BE STILL? That is an act of faith in itself. Often my bodily pain is just that, God’s way of saying, "Be Still, Rae." I didn’t do anything wrong, it’s just time for Rae to be still.

So Saints, the next time you’re going through your personal moment, hold onto your mustard seed faith. It doesn’t take much faith to move that mountain you need moved in your life.

Some Faith Food Until We Meet Again:

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17

“And without faith it is impossible to please God,” Hebrews 11:6

The Lord will either calm your storm or

allow it to rage while He calms you.

~Unknown

Take the first step in faith.

You don't have to see the whole staircase,

just take the first step.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.