He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Jesus tells the disciples that if they had but the faith of a small mustard seed, they could achieve anything. Yet, here they were with faith so small that they could not cast out a demon (something they had done before). Some scholars believe that the words of Jesus indicate that the disciples had transitioned from putting faith in Jesus to putting faith in their own ability to conjure power. They had forgotten that the power they wielded did not come from special prayers or certain words, but from the source of power: Jesus Christ.
Walking through the book of Matthew has brought formulas into the discuss a few times. Here again we are reminded that the power we need in this life doesn’t come from doing all of the right things. The power we need to bring freedom and healing to those around us does not come from performance. There is no formula for healing. It all comes from Jesus Christ.
Here is the question: what is your source?
Today, take a step.
Maybe today the one step God wants you to take is to once again abandon the formulas that you have created to try to conjure results. Perhaps God is inviting you to source your power in Him and His will instead of your own. Maybe God wants you to step out into the impossible today, empowered by His Spirit.
Whatever the step, ask God to direct it. Take a moment to take that step. Invite Him to speak. He will.
Life is a long road. Walk it with Jesus. Take a step today… just one is fine.
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*Leon, Morris, The Gospel According to Matthew. Pillar New Testament Commentary (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1992), 445–449, and Keener, C. S., Matthew (Vol. 1, Mt 17:14–20) (InterVarsity Press, 1997).