The man born blind’s halting, doubt-riddled faith (“I believe help my unbelief”) – Enough. The little boy with a sack lunch of five loaves and two fish – enough. Isn’t that a better way to face the difficulties of life? Jesus has looked at your faith resume and said, “You have enough faith.” Jesus consistently says that there is no lack. People often say to me, “I wish I had more faith.” Well, what would you do with more faith if you had it? What if you already have all the faith you need? Or think about it like this: Jesus believes in you.
What do we concentrate on when we see our faith as diminutive and then look at the difficulties of life? Many times we are consumed by the fear of not having enough faith.
Draw the picture: We are the smallest seed in the world and the mountains are the difficulties we face. Jesus contrasting the smallest seed with mountains can’t be accidental. Let’s look at the parable, the two movements and then draw some conclusions. The parable of the mustard seed deals with both of these issues in completely different and contrasting ways. There are two movements in American Christianity that appear to have nothing to do with one another, but between the two of them they are making a mess of our faith: the prosperity gospel and creationism.
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