05Jesus told His disciples that if someone offended them seven times in a single day, they were to forgive him each time.  They knew that was a very tall order, so they asked Jesus to increase their faith.  Jesus then told them that they really didn’t need more faith.  He told them that if they had faith as a grain of mustard seed they could speak to a particular tree and command it to be moved into the sea, and it would obey.  Most people think Jesus was talking about the size of their faith, but actually He was talking about the potential of their faith, when they put it to work.  A mustard seed, or any other kind of seed, will be just a seed until it is planted, but once it’s planted things begin to happen.

So, how do we plant our faith, or put our faith to work?  By doing what the Bible tells us to do about any particular matter.  Do it, not because you can see the end result, but do it because that’s what God says do, then trust God for the results.  We are to believe God enough to do what He says and to say what He says.  When faith is planted in this manner, it will produce.  It ‘s not just something that we dream up that we believe and confess, but it is those things that are clearly based on the promises of God.  Faith that is put to work is great faith.