Or the faith that will move mountains.
People naturally look at their problems as giant mountains they cannot overcome. They have what I call Baby Faith. If we focus on our problems rather then God our problems appear huge and God seems little. If we change our focus to God then our problems become small. Sometimes our problems can be created within our own minds. They are often just an illusion.
Let’s take a moment and look at this parable and see what Jesus has to say about faith.
Matthew 17:14-21
14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic[a] and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief;[b] for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”[c]
Jesus was not telling them that they needed more faith. They certainly tried to cast out the Demon. That in itself takes faith. The lesson that Jesus wanted to teach His disciples was where to put their faith, in Him. Without Jesus the disciples could do nothing. Even the Father made the mistake of bypassing Jesus when he was right there. The disciples asked Jesus “why could we not”. Their focus was on the “we”, not on the Jesus. Jesus is the power.
When the Father was not successful in achieving his goal, getting his son healed. He went to the source and asked for His mercy. Jesus and His power were moved to the point of casting out the demon and the healing of the son.
So whatever mountain may be in your way. Know for a certainty that if you go to Jesus with compassion and mercy He will move that mountain for you. Believe in Him and He will direct your path. Grow up in the Lord and put away your baby faith.







