I wanted a simple omelet this morning, so I sautéed a little
chopped onion in olive oil. Beating 2 eggs, I added a little spicy mustard to
them and poured it over the onion. No muss, no fuss omelet. Delightful. I
pretty sure, you do not care what I have for breakfast but I shared because the
mustard led my mind to the scripture in Mathew
13:30-32 about faith.
The Mustard Seed
He presented
another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; and this is smaller than all
other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and
becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES."
Matthew 17:20
And He said to them,
"Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to 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 to you.
Mathew, Mark, and Luke all record the message Jesus shared
in His teaching. Standing before my omelet, I reached into the spice drawer and
pulled out a jar of mustard seed. I don't remember why I have a jar of mustard
seed but I do…..hey, I just remembered. Thank you, Lord, for the prompting.
Eight years ago, I started a women's Bible study in our
neighborhood. I did a teaching on faith and bought the mustard seed so I could
give one to each of the women. I later passed them out to a mission training
class. I think I'll use them with my kids at church. Today, I'm sending YOU a mustard seed. It is only this big
( * ). I held the jar up to the computer screen to compare.
We all have issues and situations in our lives that feel
very large in our hearts and minds, heavy burdens we carry. We can feel small
and weak looking at them looming large over us. It was Jesus, our JESUS, that
said, "… for truly I say to 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 to you."
Our comfort comes in knowing He carries the load for us, we are not
required to be bear that burden alone. No matter how insignificant we may feel now
staring at our situation, we only need faith the size of a mustard seed "…and nothing will be impossible to
you."
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