“Because you’re not yet
taking God seriously,”
said Jesus. “The simple truth is that if you had a mere kernel of faith, a
poppy seed, say, you would tell this mountain, ‘Move!’ and it would move. There
is nothing you wouldn’t be able to tackle.”
Matthew 17:20, Message
This verse is one I struggle with. Mostly with
conceiving why anyone would want to move a mountain—or maybe that’s the
question. Jesus’ answer speaks to a bigger problem.
Peter had given the perfect answer when asked
about “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus rewarded him, along with James and
John, to the Mount of Transfiguration.
After that miraculous encounter, they must have expected
to march into Jerusalem at the head of an army. Instead, three times before the
end of the chapter, Jesus tells them I’m
going to die. I will be raised again.
They didn’t have a clue what Jesus meant. Look at
the questions they asked:
·
Wasn’t
Elijah supposed to come first?
·
Why
couldn’t we cast the demon out of this man? (Just a note: the nine other
disciples. The big three were away with Jesus when the situation developed.)
·
When
Jesus repeated His warning, they felt terrible. They didn’t ask questions.
·
When
the Pharisees tested Jesus about paying the temple tax, that becomes the
important question.
I wish I
could say I would be different. But I’m the same way. I make an excellent
ostrich. I stick my head in the sand until the last possible second of a mounting
emergency.
I don’t take
God seriously enough. If I fill my mind and heart with His word, His love, his
will—I might stop asking stupid questions. I might join God in what He’s
already doing.
The
disciples wanted a kingdom. God offered them salvation.
I want fans
in the tens of thousands. Instead God hands me a table with three emotionally
and dementia challenged women. No mother
could feel any prouder when I see small steps of progress. I feel like my
genuine love and concern helps those three women.
Forget the
thousands. Them I don’t know about.
But my
small community here, I do know and am known. If I take God seriously, I will
work here with joy and abandon.
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i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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