Faith: it Can Move Mountains

Matthew 17:20 “ Truly I tell you, 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.”

Faith as small as a mustard seed. Wow, that is small. I wish that I had faith bigger than that. How do we grow the fruit of faith to pass that size. I think my only answer to that would be prayer. Pray for more faith.

I know that its hard to have faith sometimes. But I believe that everything happens for a reason. Right now my struggle is paying for this semester of college. I have no clue how it will be done, but I’ve got to have faith that it will. I have to believe that if I’m meant to be here, then God will provide a way for me to stay. Its hard to have this faith, and sometimes my situation makes me want to cry, but ultimately I know that he is in control. And if I cant get it paid, then I’m not meant to be here. He opens and closes doors for a reason.

Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?  So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

This is the passage I have to remember when  start worrying about finances and stuff. God loves me enough to take care of me, so I don’t need to worry. I have to have faith that he will follow through.

Faith: Blind Believing

So diving into the fruit of faith, there a couple of things to point out. Faith, essentially, is one thing. But it can be divided among things that make it kind of different. There is a faith in the way you trust a chair to hold you up when you sit on it, or faith in the shower to give you water. Then there is a faith in people. Believing that someone will be there for you, or that they won’t lie to you, or cheat on you. This faith can be a faith in God as well. We believe that God will be there for us, because he says he will. Faith that he will care for us and never forsake us.

But then there is a completely blind faith in believing that God is real. This is the faith we have to have before we can have the faith that he’ll help us, because if we don’t believe that he even exist, then how can we believe that he loves us.This is the kind of faith that takes a bit of leap. Once we have this faith, then the faith in him has to begin. Believing that he’ll do as he has promised to do.

We live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7

Fruit 2: Faith

It’s been a little longer than two weeks since I started growing patience. It went pretty smoothly in the beginning, but I believe these upcoming college days will test me immensely. I can feel myself tensing up, and I’m afraid I may snap on my best friends soon. But the beauty of growing fruit is getting to use them.

I decided that the second fruit should be faith, because faith is something I could really use right now. The basic definition of faith is belief. I usually put my faith in people pretty quickly. I’m one to trust till shown I was wrong instead of having to have my trust in someone build overtime. Faith in people is one thing, but faith in God is another.

Now, I’d say I have a pretty strong faith in God, but its about to be challenged. School, is a challenging place, especially financially. Believing that God will provide, is a hard thing to do especially when it looks hopeless. But hopeless situations are where he can work his best.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1