Mustard Seed Faith

When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, ‘Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.’ Jesus answered, ‘You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’ And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, ‘Why could we not cast it out?’ He said to them, ‘Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of 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.’ Matthew 17:14-21

The cat looks at me like she is the boss of all that she sees and I am just her servant. She assumes she will be fed, kept warm and sheltered. Her confidence is often annoying but always amazing. I often wish I had the confidence of a cat.

Jesus heals a young man that the disciples could not. Their faith in themselves and what God would really, actually do for them, was weak. Much like most of us, we want to believe, but we can waver and worry. Jesus promises them and us, despite their insecurities and anxiety, nothing will be impossible. 

Today, I ask God to help me live as one who believes that nothing will be impossible. May we all have faith as a small seed, which grows daily into a mighty source of love and healing.