Today I was doing my daily reading on YouVersion and I came across this passage
i've heard this passage many times but when i read it today i started to think about it differently.
i've heard this passage many times but when i read it today i started to think about it differently.
"you're not yet taking God seriously," said Jesus. "The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, 'Move!' and it would move. There is nothing you wouldn't be able to tackle." (Mathew 17:20-21)
In this story Jesus's disciples couldn't cast out a demon in a boy and they ask Jesus why they couldn't do it and he tells them that they lack FAITH
Yesterday afternoon I was listening to a sermon from the iChilly podcast entitled "Faith is spelled R-I-S-K"
Pastor Chilly talked about how ester had the faith to go into the kings chambers without him summoning her which would normally end up with death!
Ester had FAITH and did it anyways
I think that Jesus is talking here about us having this kind of faith
Faith to step out and do something.
Normally the King would have had Ester Executed for coming into his chambers without him calling for her!
But she knew in her heart that God would protect her
she was bold enough to step out and do something
I think that Jesus was challenging his disciples to have this type of faith!
the faith that says "I don't care what anybody else thinks"
we often times are limited by our fears of being laughed at or rejected by people
I think that the reason the disciples were not able to cast out the demon in the boy was because they didn't truely believe that it was going to work!
Lets have FAITH
and step out and believe for signs wonders and miracles
Learning to LOVE
Living under HIS waterfalls
Ben,
Yesterday afternoon I was listening to a sermon from the iChilly podcast entitled "Faith is spelled R-I-S-K"
Pastor Chilly talked about how ester had the faith to go into the kings chambers without him summoning her which would normally end up with death!
Ester had FAITH and did it anyways
I think that Jesus is talking here about us having this kind of faith
Faith to step out and do something.
Normally the King would have had Ester Executed for coming into his chambers without him calling for her!
But she knew in her heart that God would protect her
she was bold enough to step out and do something
I think that Jesus was challenging his disciples to have this type of faith!
the faith that says "I don't care what anybody else thinks"
we often times are limited by our fears of being laughed at or rejected by people
I think that the reason the disciples were not able to cast out the demon in the boy was because they didn't truely believe that it was going to work!
Lets have FAITH
and step out and believe for signs wonders and miracles
Learning to LOVE
Living under HIS waterfalls
Ben,
great post! it is so true also! one of the main things christians are afraid of is being rejected.