18 Jul 2014
Thoughts#3260
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our
faith!" He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,
you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it
will obey you."
Luke 17:5-6
Thoughts on Today's
Verse...
What Jesus was implying here for His disciples
-- and for us today -- was that no force in the world is greater than the force
of faith; even the smallest amount of it can do seemingly impossible things.
Even faith that seems as small as a tiny mustard seed can do the seemingly
impossible: "For nothing is impossible with God." (Luke 1:37 NIV) Conversely, without God, nothing is possible; that is,
nothing of lasting value:
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