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Matthew 6:30, “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you of little faith?”  Jesus

 

The italicized words in the verse above are italicized to emphasize where I am headed today.  “You of little faith” – the ultimate cause of our anxiety and worry is lack of faith.  Notice that the Lord does not say there is no faith.  The question needs to be: What does He mean by little faith? 

 

There is another thing that needs to be remembered.  Jesus is not speaking to every person in the world; He is speaking specifically to Christian people.  It makes sense then to talk about their insufficient faith not the absence of it when talking about God’s provision for them.  Christian people already have faith; faith in the salvation Jesus Christ accomplished at the cross and faith in His resurrection saved them.  The Lord is saying that your faith must not stop there.  The words of this sermon contain God’s promise to all His children to provide for the basic needs of our life – food, shelter, and clothing.  He also wants everyone of His children continue to walk in a deeper faith by listening to Him; in our case that would be through reading, studying and meditating on His Word.  It is because a deeper faith is lacking that people are prone to anxiety and worry about the cares of life.  We need not worry if we seek to allow God to reign in our lives. Consider the thought that Jesus is saying that worry in a Christian is due to the amount of faith he or she has.

 

 True faith extends to every aspect of one’s life.  The trouble with too many Christians is they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ but do not believe or trust in what He has said.  Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give your rest.” (Matthew 11:28).  Yet, we keep our fears, worries, and problems to ourselves.  Understand, He wants you to go to Him and tell Him these things.  Yes, He already knows; He wants you to tell Him and give these things to Him.  The person of little faith, when problems come, gets run over and becomes controlled by them.  If, instead, you seek God, you can be assured that He will assume full responsibility for those who fully yield to Him.  1 Peter 5:7 has been shared before but read it again.  “cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”  I want this verse to sink down deep into your spirit.  The Creator of the universe cares for you!

 

The Creator of all things is concerned about the birds of the air; how much more is He concerned about you?  For you that have hair, how many hairs on your head do you have?  God knows!  I believe that having little faith is ultimately due to our failure to apply what we know about God and walking with Him to our everyday circumstances and details in our life.  Throughout the Bible the Believer is pictured as one who rises above their circumstances, even rejoicing in tribulation.  That seems to me to be true faith.

 

The Gospels tell of Jesus sleeping in a boat while crossing the Sea of Galilee.  A storm comes up and water begins to come into the boat because the sea has become rough.  The disciples get anxious and worried that the boat will be overcome by the storm.  Jesus is asleep!  So, they wake Him up and ask if He even cares about whether they will perish or not.  His reply is exactly what we have been discussing in this blog – where is their faith.  It is not enough to say you have faith.  You must apply it.   I fear the days ahead will be a time when applying that faith will be of utmost importance.

 

Luke 17:5, And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”  Is that you’re desire?  Want to know how?  Read the next page of the blog.

 

 

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