1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; He has risen!” (Luke 24:1-6, NIV)
If you think about it for a minute, perhaps like me, you will find it interesting to note that a mustard seed is less than 1% the size of the average mustard tree or bush. God truly marvels and appreciates the granular details in life. All things matter to God, even the tiniest things. This is why by faith we can do all things through Christ. We serve an omniscient and omnipresent God who can see all, do all, and is the beginning and the end of all. If you are like me, you have visions, dreams, aspirations, and goals in mind for how you’d like the future to come to reality. And, if you are also Type A, you have strong feelings about how you’d like the next two decade to end as well. After all, our Bible teaches us that without a vision the people will perish. I’d take vision over perishing any day. In Matthew chapter 17, the disciples also find themselves in predicament of hoping for a particular outcome. They are trying to cast a demon out of a little boy. Prayerfully, none of your goals necessitate rebuking demons, but per Jesus, all things are possible if one has no more than faith the size of a mustard seed. And per Jesus’ observation, the disciples’ failure to cast the demon out of the little boy rests on their lack of faith the size of a mustard seed. Our visions, dreams, and hopes are like mustard trees. They are easily visible and accountable outcomes. However, the birthing, development, and harvest of our desires begins with a seed and labor. Seeds are granular and they require daily tending to once they are compacted in the earth. We must water seeds, and we must insure they get enough sunlight. We must also protect the soil we plant our seeds in from predators and toxins. The harvest of our future rests in us tending to our faith as if it were a mustard seed. It is not enough to be faithful about the outcome of a thing. We must also be faithful in the details of our desires. We must apply our faith in a granular and specific manner. For example, if losing weight is a goal of ours, we must adopt daily eating and a weekly workout schedule. The loss of the weight is the mustard tree, and the daily control of portions and regimented exercise routines are the mustard seed. In the finance world, there is a term, “simple interest,” which is financial increase applied to the principal amount of monies saved, invested, or loaned. Then there is compounded interest which is applied to all monies, principal and interest earned over the life time of the savings, investment, or debt account. Faith the size of a mustard seed is akin to compounded interests: it accounts for everything on a granular level. Is your faith simple or is it compounded? In addition to being saved and being granted access to Heaven, do you also have granular faith that you will live well on earth as in Heaven? The more present and faithful we show up moment to moment, the more momentum we build towards our desired outcomes in life over time. How often you apply your faith to the mundane details of your everyday life? Gracious Father, we thank You for the breath in our body, the joy in our hearts, for food on our table, and a warm bed to sleep at night. Lord, we thank You for being Jehovah Jireh. We yearn to experience more and more of You on a granular level. We know that by asking this we shall receive. In Jesus’ Name we pray, Amen. Comments are closed.
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