Faith, part 4

One of the most fascinating accounts of Jesus occurs in Matthew 21:21-22. A fig tree was to provide Him with food, and it did not. As a response Jesus caused it to wither away. When his disciples asked Him about it, He said:


“Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”


How few believe that we are capable of performing miracles? How few out of that number believe we will ever have the faith required to do so? How few with that faith ever desire to perform such miracles?

There are many reasons we don’t consider miracles. Even if we are firm believers in Christ we could have a strong desire to uphold the laws of science. Miracles defy these laws so we don’t consider them. We have more faith in science. The biggest excuse of all is that we don’t think that we are capable of performing such miracles. That indicates we don’t believe that we are capable of having complete faith in the Lord. Anytime we believe that we can’t do something it is indicative of our lack of faith. It’s possible for us to believe that we are not capable of performing miracles, moving mountains, witnessing, or even praying properly. When we don’t believe we don’t have faith. When we don’t have faith we have nothing.

Complete faith makes us as much like Christ as we are capable of being. Complete faith is the goal of our walk with Him. Complete faith will come when we believe that the Lord will forgive all of our sins, provide for our every need, and answer our every prayer.

Few things are more difficult to obtain than complete faith, and few things are such a blessing. I confess that I do not possess such faith. I realize that this is my fault, and my goal in life is to obtain this faith that can move mountains. This should be the goal of all followers of Christ. When we have faith in Him we can bring others to Him. With faith we are capable of all things.