Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with life? Do you find your stress level increasing as you face some of the challenges at work or at home? Do you find yourself discouraged by setbacks at work or in your personal life? Does it seem at times like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done that you feel needs to be accomplished?
At times I feel all of these emotions. And yet typically when I feel overwhelmed with the challenges of life, I recognize that my focus has been on my own strengths and abilities. Possibly, these were some of the emotions and struggles that the first followers of Jesus experienced as they failed to accomplish a “ministry objective” in healing a young man who suffered seizures.
It is interesting that Jesus did not critique their “healing techniques,” but instead he challenged their faith in God. Jesus told them, “You don’t have enough faith … I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible” (Matthew 17:20 NLT).
It appears to me that Jesus is calling us to get our focus off of ourselves and our limitations, and to focus instead on the LORD, His Power, and the limitless possibilities that exist with Him. In fact Jesus reminds us that it isn’t necessarily the size of our faith, but instead the focus of our faith that matters. Do you have even a small faith (“mustard seed faith”) in an awesome God?
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