It is said that if you have faith as small as a mustard seed (which by the way is only about 3 millimeters wide) you could tell a mountain to move [1]. What most people take that to mean is that nobody has any faith because it's obviously a power - and nobody's moved a mountain just by saying so. But it's not. Others will say if you have that much faith, you'll trust God to move the mountain in His time and however He chooses to do it so you don't even have to tell the mountain to move. What I've grown to understand is that as a Christian I am a vessel, a messenger. I simply carry what I'm told and have faith that God is using me every step of the way.
What I mean is this: my faith is such God tells the "mountains" - people - to move through me. I can take no credit. It is His great love to speak through me. When I try to take control I mess up. The message only gets through when He's in charge. Yes, He sometimes chooses to use my words. But alone my words mean nothing. The Spirit moves through minds and hearts. The words only take on new meaning when God's whisper is behind them.
Faith comes through understanding the Word [2]. Faith comes when one believes in the Savior. Faith is small, but it is mighty. So I will hold out my hand to everyone who will listen and pray that God speaks through me. He will move the mountains. I believe it.
That, dear reader, is faith.
Colossians 4:3-6 "And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."
[1] Matthew 17.20
[2] Romans 10.17
What I mean is this: my faith is such God tells the "mountains" - people - to move through me. I can take no credit. It is His great love to speak through me. When I try to take control I mess up. The message only gets through when He's in charge. Yes, He sometimes chooses to use my words. But alone my words mean nothing. The Spirit moves through minds and hearts. The words only take on new meaning when God's whisper is behind them.
Faith comes through understanding the Word [2]. Faith comes when one believes in the Savior. Faith is small, but it is mighty. So I will hold out my hand to everyone who will listen and pray that God speaks through me. He will move the mountains. I believe it.
That, dear reader, is faith.
Colossians 4:3-6 "And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone."
[1] Matthew 17.20
[2] Romans 10.17
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