Bigger Than Life

 What is the biggest thing you can think of? The Earth? The Milky Way galaxy? The universe? In Matthew 17:20, Jesus told His disciples that if they had the faith of a mustard, seed they could move a mountain. The cool thing here is that Jesus is using one of the smallest things they know of, a mustard seed, and contrasting it with the biggest thing in their world, a mountain. A mustard seed was smaller than a pebble, but it would grow to be a huge tree when planted. Where Jesus was at in Israel there were a lot of mountains, and to the first century people, a mountain was the biggest thing in their world. When Jesus said this, they imagined a pebble and a mountain.

It would be like today if Jesus was around He might say if you had the faith of a micro molecular cell, you could move the universe. Though that would be much more of a mouth-full than what he actually said. But you get the point; Jesus was saying that if you have enough faith in me, even if it isn’t a lot, you can move the biggest thing in the world. He was talking metaphorically here. It’s not like you’re really going to go up and move Mount Everest from its place. He’s saying that if you believe in Jesus, that even the mountains in your life can be moved with faith. This means that the bills piling up, that test you need to take, or that hard conversation that you need to have can be taken care of by faith in Christ. Faith means doing what Jesus says and believing that what he says is absolutely true. You can’t give only 50% of yourself to Jesus. When He calls someone He calls every bit of them. And He doesn’t promise it will be easy; but He promises He will be with you every step of the way, through the good and the bad. Are there mountains in your life that you need to give over to Jesus? All you need is a seed of faith.