And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to a yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Matthew 17:20 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it growth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. Mark 4:31-32 Faith has always been something that I have wondered about it really is one of the major building blocks of our Christian walk. It is so important, but really these days you don’t hear it preached as much as even a few years back, oh you hear it a lot in regards to monetary gain, but what about having complete faith in God to meet our every need? Many people think we have to be poor to be in this position, but I believe it takes more faith to trust completely in God when you are blessed with these resources, because it is easier to just do things yourself when you have the tools at your disposal. In Hebrews 11:1 the Bible says: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. We need to replace our glasses of doubt with those of faith. We need to see our cities crying out to God…we need to see our lost loved ones, or backslidden family and friends hitting their knees in submission to His will in their lives! When I was younger I taught Sunday school for the beginner’s class, and one week the lesson was on faith, so I decided to take some mustard seeds to show my class, well when I got them out of the cupboard the container opened up, and the seeds fell all over the floor, it was then that I realized how small they really were! It was almost impossible to find all of them. Jesus said the mustard seed is the smallest seed that is planted, but when it grows to its’ potential it is a great tree, it serves as a resting place, and shade to many birds. Over recent days I have read many comments people have made about the parable of the mustard seed, there were all different opinions about it, but while I was praying and asking God about it, this was the response I received, there have been people who said this parable wasn’t based on facts, because a mustard seed grows into an herb, it is a small plant, but what I was really trying to say was if you have faith as of a mustard seed it will take you to places that seem impossible to others! Faith will take you into the unseen realm, and it is there that things will take place that are impossible to natural man!!!! I was wowed by this, I mean He knew what He meant, and He is God right? God doesn’t want us to settle for the “seed” of faith when we can have a “tree” of faith…He will do the impossible, but He wants us to see it happen before it actually does. I want to encourage you to let your faith grow into that great tree God has meant it to be, and rest in Him knowing the things that aren’t seen soon will be!!!