Do You Have Faith in Yourself?

~~~ Habakkuk 1:12-2:4 ~~~Psalm 9 ~~~ Matthew 17:14-20 ~~~

...if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,

you will say to this mountain,

‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.

Faith seems to be the key for how well we live what we believe.

The apostles were frustrated in the gospel today
with their lack of healing powers.

The child's father was frustrated because his son was not being healed.

The apostles were even embarrassed with their inability to perform.

 Jesus even seems a little frustrated with the apostles.

Jesus says, if you have just a tiny seed of faith it is sufficient.

If...in other words they did not even have that much faith.

They believed in the power of healing for Jesus,

but they could not support the same level of faith for themselves.

The power of believing in yourself is something

we know to be true.

This is half of the effort in anything we master.

If you think you can then you can, as the saying goes,

and sadly the opposite is also true.

The apostles had great faith in Jesus but lacked faith in themselves.
As we know watching someone else doing a task
and doing it yourself are not the same.

Nothing will be impossible for you.

While faith is very important is has a partner
that we sometimes forget about, trust.
Faith and trust go hand in hand.
We must trust that whatever is lacking in our faith
God will make up the difference.

If we fail to activate our trust level
then doubt begins to creep into our heart.

I think this might have been the problem with the apostles;
they did not let their trust in God's assistance
make up for their inadequate faith.

Faith and trust do not just happen within our heart.
We must exercise them daily; initially in small matters.
Gradually we will build up to larger more important situations.

All things are possible for God
 we must consciously place our trust in him.

Practice your faith daily;
trust in him with your whole heart.

Blessings in believing our faith can grow.
Blessings in believing that trusting in God is of great importance.
All things are possible with faith and trust.
~~~Peace~~~