Have Faith

Luke 17:5-6

English Standard Version (ESV)

Increase Our Faith

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” ⁶ And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

As I read this I got caught on the fact that Jesus that if we have faith that we can uproot a tree and thought, how little faith I have.  Just the other day I prayed for clear skies so my daughter’s community outdoor event would not be rained out but yet it rained and we were all having to help get people and food out of the rain while it thundered and lightened above us.  Did I not have enough faith or did God just have other plans for the picnic?  When I read  this again today, I had another thought!  The first part of the verse you read that the apostles were asking the Lord for faith.  His answer to that is that we need to just do it.  This is not something he is going to just give us but rather it is a work of action on our part.  Just like the Nike commercial, “Just Do It!”  The responsibility of our faith is on our shoulders not God’s shoulders.  As you seek Him, live a life that allows your faith to increase as you use it for His glory.

Seeking Him with all my heart, 

 Sheila