"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.'" --
Jesus (Luke 17:6, NIV)
Some time ago I recall having read in the "Reader's Digest" about a company who
mailed out some special advertising business post cards with a mustard seed
glued to it with the following caption that went something like this: "If you
have faith as small as this mustard seed in our (particular product), you are
guaranteed to get excellent results and be totally satisfied." -- Signed, The
Management
A few months later one recipient of this promotional piece wrote back to the
company and said, "You will be very interested to know that I planted the
mustard you sent on your advertising card and it has grown into a very healthy
bush producing wonderful tomatoes!"
Faith is an essential ingredient for fulfilling living. But we need to have
faith in the right object, the right person, and in the right God otherwise what
we have is presumption but not faith. There are many false prophets and many
false gods --all of whom are man made. And if god is manufactured and empowered
by man, what kind of a god would that be? Certainly not the god I would want to
revere, worship or follow.
In a very real sense, Jesus the one who gave us Christmas, puts our faith to the
test as he did to his disciple, Peter, when he said to him, "Who do you say I
am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." --
Jesus (Matthew 16:15-16, NIV)
If Jesus were to speak to you face to face today and asked you the same
question, what would your answer be?
By Dick Innes, Daily Encounter
www.actsweb.org/detoday . Used by permission.
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