"Safe Harbor's" Daily Inspiration

"And Jesus said unto them,

Because of your unbelief:

for verily I say unto you,

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,

ye shall say unto this mountain,

Remove hence to yonder place;
and it shall remove;

and nothing shall be impossible unto you."

Matthew 17:20

Mustard Seed Faith

Jesus calls our attention to a grain of mustard seed here in this verse.

If we were to place a grain of sand and a grain of mustard seed

in the palm of our hand,

we would almost need a magnifying glass to tell them apart.

God's marvelous wisdom
and power are in that

very small grain of seed.

The mustard seed has life in it.

Place it in the ground, and it will take root

and grow into a plant that is the largest of herbs.

It will become a treelike plant with a stalk,

branches, leaves, and blossoms,

large enough for birds to perch in and build nests.

This parable tells us how a small group of believers, such as the group that followed Jesus, will under God's blessing grow into a strong congregation.

And it keeps growing because,

together with other congregations,
it sends out mission workers to add other people to Christ's church.

Many thriving church bodies in various parts of the world were begun in this way.

The gospel of Jesus Christ,
the Savior from sin,

is God's power unto salvation to all who believe it.

What we need is stronger faith,

being fully convinced that for Christ'speople,

nothing is impossible.

"And all things,

whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing,

ye shall receive."