I heard someone talking this week about seeds of faith. He was referring to scripture when a father brought his sick son to the disciples to be healed. The disciples; however, could not heal the boy. At this point, you could have had a whole lot of breaking down of faith. The disciples could not heal because they did not believe they really could. The boy's father could have very easily hung his head and taken his sick son home. He didn't though. What did he do? He went to Jesus.
The person I was listening to pointed out God can do anything. It is not about...can God do it. The question is do we believe God can do it? Do I truly believe and know I am a loved child of God? Do I really believe He knows every hair on my head (and the color for which I do not even know)? Does He really have plans to make things wonderful in my life? Is He actively working to accomplish those plans?
Here is the beautiful part of our love story with God. He truly knows me. So, He knows at times my faith is great and at times my faith is weak. He does not expect the faith of Abraham from me all the time. He does, though, expect seeds of faith!
Seeds are tiny. Think about it. They are small, light, seemingly insignificant. However, look at what a seed does. It opens. Roots. Grows and becomes beauty, nourishment, produce. The same thing happens with our faith. Just as a pumpkin seed must be planted so must our faith seeds be planted. Where do you plant faith seeds? They should be planted in prayer time and when reading and being obedient to the Word of God.
Emotions are tricky. They can be deceiving, and they can be used by the deceiver to steal our joy, peace, contentment, and sometimes faith. Do not be ruled by your emotions. Plant seeds of faith and experience the glorious wonders of our Heavenly Maker.
I am in the process of planting a plantation of faith seeds and have seen the first sprigs of the harvest...grace...beautiful, wonderful, magnificent grace!
Very good word Heather! I was studying in Deuteronomy this morning and saw some things that go along with this that you have shared. I found that Matthew Henry summerized chapter 1 quite well in stating: "The rejecting of God's favors is really a rebelling against God's AUTHORITY. In response to v.27 stating that Israel complained against God, saying that he delivered them from Egypt only to kill them, MH responds: "What could be more absurb, more disingenuous, more reproachful to God?" He concludes in saying: "ALL DISOBEDIENCE to God's laws and DISTRUST of His POWER and GOODNESS flow from a DISBELIEF OF HIS WORD. A sad pass it has come to with us when THE GOD OF ETERNAL TRUTH cannot be believed or trusted!"
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