We have forgotten, don't you think? As I sit here I think of Jesus sending out the seventy-odd followers, commanding them to perform miracles, cast out demons, and humbly spread the good news of a new life. I remember how they returned, excited and overcome with awe that they were actually able to do it! I remember how Jesus jumped up and down, completely foolish before them all, and I remember Jesus falling to his knees, and praying out loud, unashamed, to the Maker, "Thank you!" Have we ever wondered why Jesus thanked his father? I think it's because Jesus saw that SOME people understood. Some people finally understood that they weren't just mucky two-handed creatures, but living and breathing life-forms with whom the Creator is in communion. They understood that they had power at their fingertips - power not of their own, but of God. This power is faith.
No magic spell, no magic wand, no incantations or rituals were able to cast out the demons. No chanting of confusing tongues healed the sick. It was faith, simply faith. Faith - belief that you stake your life on - that God is bigger than the world, he isn't contained by the world, and so let's rely on him. These people understood that it was faith in God that made it able for the deaf to hear and the lame to walk.
Faith is often forgotten in our world. Amidst politics and business and busy day-to-day lives, we chant the name of faith but it's not something we really know first-hand. I am speaking from what I have seen, and am sure there are numerous exceptions. But what I've seen is this: we lack faith. It isn't going to be healed with a quickie formula or a hit on the head. Faith is something on the inside, something that can't be made through molding clay. It is rooted both in the consciousness and the subconscious.
If we had faith as 'small as a mustard seed' we could do things that we see as impossible in our 'enlightened' day and age. Things like healing broken hearts, setting captives free, and even seeing the lame walk again. I believe this with all my heart. Faith. It's a lot powerful than we think, eh? No wonder Jesus was dancing like a madman!
No magic spell, no magic wand, no incantations or rituals were able to cast out the demons. No chanting of confusing tongues healed the sick. It was faith, simply faith. Faith - belief that you stake your life on - that God is bigger than the world, he isn't contained by the world, and so let's rely on him. These people understood that it was faith in God that made it able for the deaf to hear and the lame to walk.
Faith is often forgotten in our world. Amidst politics and business and busy day-to-day lives, we chant the name of faith but it's not something we really know first-hand. I am speaking from what I have seen, and am sure there are numerous exceptions. But what I've seen is this: we lack faith. It isn't going to be healed with a quickie formula or a hit on the head. Faith is something on the inside, something that can't be made through molding clay. It is rooted both in the consciousness and the subconscious.
If we had faith as 'small as a mustard seed' we could do things that we see as impossible in our 'enlightened' day and age. Things like healing broken hearts, setting captives free, and even seeing the lame walk again. I believe this with all my heart. Faith. It's a lot powerful than we think, eh? No wonder Jesus was dancing like a madman!
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