The emissaries said to the LORD, “Increase our trust.” The LORD replied, “If you had trust as tiny as a mustard seed, you could say to this fig tree, ‘Be uprooted and replanted in the sea!’ and it would obey you. If one of you has a slave tending the sheep or plowing, when he comes back from
the field, will you say to him, ‘Come along now, sit down and eat?’ No, you’ll say, ‘Get my supper ready, dress for work, and serve me until I have finished eating and drinking; after that, you may eat and drink.’ Does he thank the slave because he did what he was told to do? No! It’s the same with you – when you have done everything you were told to do, you should be saying, ‘We’re just ordinary slaves, we have only done our duty.’ (Luke 17:5-10)
The emissaries of the religious leaders clamored for the LORD YESHUA to increase their faith. Surprisingly, the LORD told them a parable. To the disciples of the LORD YESHUA, the
secrets of the Kingdom is revealed; but to curiosity seekers, the message is veiled.
The basic amount of faith or trust in a believer is the size of a mustard seed. Yet, with a little mustard seed faith, a fig tree would obey him! It is quite uncommon in our present world to witness this kind of faith, even with all the faith teachings that abound in our midst. YESHUA once posed a question,
“When the Son of Man comes, would He find faith in the earth?”
So, the parable is a rebuke, not just to the emissaries, but even to the disciples who exhibited so little faith. If a believer cannot even use the mustard seed faith which the HOLY SPIRIT has given him, how could he ask for more? If we have not even done our duty in exercising our little faith, we are faithless servants, not sons. A faithful servant does his duty but a son has the FATHER’s DNA and acts like the FATHER. A son speaks the FATHER’s words and works the FATHER’s works.
To believe in YESHUA is the FATHER’s work. Whatever YESHUA did, the adopted son also does because he bears YESHUA’s character (Name) (John 14:12).
GOD’s power has given us everything we need for life and godliness, through our knowing the One who called us to His own glory and goodness. By these He has given us valuable and superlatively great promises, so that through them you might come to share in GOD’s nature and escape the corruption which evil desires have brought into the world (2 Peter 1:3-4). We need to declare the promises of GOD to be true in our lives and act accordingly. This is the truth that every believer must stand on daily.
We walk by faith and not by sight. The righteous shall live by his faith!
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