Mustard Seed Of Faith

A Mustard Seed of Faith

Here’s a little bit of trivia 🙂

Can you guess the answer to this question:

How big is a mustard seed?

Or, should I say, how “small” is a mustard seed?

If you guessed a millimeter – you’d be right.  

Think of what one millimeter would look like.a mustard seed comparable to one millimeter

Now that is tiny!

This small unassuming little seed, about the size of a single grain of sand, becomes a plant that can grow up to 30 feet tall or more!

So much more so our faith.

From one tiny mustard seed of faith, with the urging of the Holy Spirit, to a full declaration of our beliefs, our eagerness to spread the truth of God’s Word starts growing into something beautiful – that is, we start becoming more like Christ.

Our Faith Should Dictate Our Actions

Belief in God gives Him glory. Bearing fruit gives Him glory.

The whole world is watching.

If we act contrary to what we say we believe, it’s a terrible witness and that includes on social media, in the workplace, and more.

People should be able to look at your life and say, “You know, your life is different.  You affect people differently than others.  You have a certain attitude that’s different.  Your behavior is different.  Your influence is different.  Your effect on things is different.  There’s a product to your life that’s unlike any other life.”  That’s fruit. – Pastor John MacArthur, Pastor and Bible teacher from Grace To You.3

Trust in God like your life depends on it . . . and it does, for all eternity.

Louis Gander’s latest poem, “One Wee Mustard Seed,” captures this beautifully. 

One Wee Mustard Seed 9-22-22

Did God not create all the stars in the sky – 
and put them in motion, Did they not comply?
Did God not create all the things of this earth,
from evenings to mornings, to growing from birth?

 

Are we so perplexed when we see Jesus still
the winds and the rains and the seas – all at will?
So why do we question what God can accomplish?
Oh, where is our seed of wee faith in His wish?

 

Disciples and others, now off from the shore,
could not seem to handle the tempest’s loud roar.
Would stiff winds and violent waves now condemn
as faith dissipated and fear overtook them?

 

We’ve faith in our keys that our cars will all start,
and faith in our chairs that they won’t fall apart.
Yet we can’t trust God to grant one little need?
Lord, grant me the faith of one wee mustard seed.
©2022 louis gander ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

A Mustard Seed Of Faith As It Matures

As your faith grows
Spiritual growth is a matter of glorifying God.  We will grow when our lives are filled with praise.  We will grow when our lives are filled with fruit and fruitfulness.  And we will grow when our lives are characterized by trusting God.  Now as we live this way, focusing on His glory, we are changed from one level of glory to the next, moving toward the very image of Christ. – Pastor John MacArthur, Pastor and Bible teacher from Grace To You.5

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1 “Mustard Seeds” photo by David Turner novalis, February 23, 2005, Edited by Consequencefree to replace the coin with an SI measurement reference. 24 February, 2005, via Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Released under the GNU Free Documentation License. Accessed and retrieved November 2, 2022.

2 “Bangladeshi mustard seeds” photo by Nafiur Rahman, own work. 8 January, 2021, via Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Released under thexxxx Free Documentation License. Accessed and retrieved November 1, 2022.

3 John MacArthur quotation, courtesy of GTY.org/library/sermons-library. “Trust, Praise, and Bearing Fruit.” para. 38, n.d. Web. Accessed 27 October, 2022. Retrieved from https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/1388/trust-praise-and-bearing-fruit

4 Poetry courtesy of Louis Gander,  ©2022 Louis Gander ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, “One Wee Mustard Seed.” [online post]. From Gander Story Poems, n.d. Web. Accessed October 27, 2022. https://www.ganderpoems.org/2022/10/one-wee-mustard-seed-9-22-22.html

5 John MacArthur quotation, courtesy of GTY.org/library/sermons-library. “Trust, Praise, and Bearing Fruit.” para. 75, n.d. Web. Accessed 27 October, 2022. Retrieved from https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/1388/trust-praise-and-bearing-fruit
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