17 Luke - More Faith

By Richard

We read that the Apostles came to Jesus and said, “Give us more faith!” (Luke 17:5). Jesus replied, “You don’t need more faith. There is no “more” or “less” in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,’ and it would do it.” (Luke 17: 6, the Message).

These might appear slightly confusing words, but I think that this is what Jesus is saying. The issue with faith is not having more of it…but using it. We need to start using faith. It’s also not a mind over matter thing. Faith is really a growing understanding that the invisible God is more real than the very air we breathe. It is living in a way that demonstrates the spiritual realities beyond the horizon are more real than the material things that we can grasp and touch. Will we open our eyes to see the unseen God and our ears to hear the whisper of his voice in our heart. Will we put our hand into the strongest, yet most gentle hand, in all eternity and say to Christ start leading me. Will we start practicing faith today?