"He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there, ’and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you'"
Matthew 17:20 (ESV)
Jesus is telling us that if we have faith as a mustard seed, faith as small as a tiny little grain, we can move mountains! Do you want to move mountains, not just literal mountains, but spiritual mountains that may be blocking us or others from growing closer to Christ? Then how do we have the faith that Jesus was talking about?
"And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing"
1 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
Call to Action
So, in order to have this faith, we must first have love for one another and for God. And then, we need to...
"Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2 ESV).
Look to Jesus, who is the founder, and let Him perfect our faith for His will, and then will we be able through His power to move mountains.
After reading this issue, we pray that you are ENCOURAGED and EMPOWERED to have Faith that can MOVE MOUNTAINS.
Read all of the stories connected to our "Faith that Moves Mountains" theme.
