Daily Power #220

“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.” (Matt. 17:20)

When the car breaks down, the kids need school clothes, and your boss demands more overtime without additional pay, it’s easy to struggle in our faith. Before long, we replay old and unproductive messages in our minds: You’ll never have all you need. You aren’t good enough. You don’t have what it takes. God doesn’t hear your prayer. God doesn’t really care about you.

If you feel like your faith is fading, don’t freak out. Remember, Jesus said if you just have the faith of a mustard seed—think of how small that is, like a grain of sand—you can move a mountain. Surely it’s no coincidence that the mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds, probably the smallest known during the first century.

Jesus must have known that we would often feel that our faith is stretched to the breaking point. Sometimes I’m like the man in Scripture who said, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24 NLT).

If you are praying for a miracle, even one that feels small or unimportant to anyone else (remember that AC I told you about?), then keep the faith. If you are praying for someone to be saved, continue believing. If you are trusting God to restore your marriage, don’t stop. If you are begging God to help you change, wake up every day and continue to seek him.

Don’t forget, it’s not the size of your faith that matters.

It’s the size of your God.

And with him, all things are possible.

Power Lift

Lord, I want to focus on the way you can do anything. Despite whatever obstacles I encounter today, I will believe and trust in you.