Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Having faith like a seed


Have you ever planted a seed and had to watch it grow for school?  If
you have, do you remember the seed asking you to give it water, or
telling you the soil you chosen was not the right kind.  Do you
remember watching the seed do anything to make it grow beside just
waiting to be watered?  I know what you are thinking "don't be silly
Paul, seeds don't talk and they don't do anything to make it
themselves grow.  You are absolutely right a seed just trusts the
person that planted it to take care of all it's needs.  In the verses
bellow the apostles are wondering why they could not cast a demon out
of a young boy.  Jesus tells the apostles if they we had the faith of
a mustard seed they would be able to move mountains.  A seed does not
worry about were it's food and water is coming from, it just chills
out and grows in the soil it was planted in.  God does not want us to
complicated life by worrying about were our next meal, our next drink,
or whether we are going to get the girl/boy of our dreams.  All God
wants us to do is chill out in the soil and just trust in He will
provide for us.

Matthew 17:18-21 (NKJV)

18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child
was cured from that very hour.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we
not cast it out?"

20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I
say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing
will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out
except by prayer and fasting."

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