Daily lesson for November 18, 2014

Today's daily lesson comes from Luke chapter 17 verses 5 and 6:

5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

We already have all the faith we need to face all that we must face in life.

One day, the disciples asked Jesus to increase their faith. Facing all that they were about to face they wanted more courage, more conviction, and greater trust.  Jesus told them if they had faith the size of a tiny mustard seed they could tell a whole tree to uproot itself and be replanted in the sea.

That must have left them wondering, "Do I not have faith at least the size of a mustard seed?"

We lack courage, conviction, and trust at times.  We wonder if we have all that is necessary to face the demands of the day.  We wish that we were stronger, braver, and not so afraid.  We wish for greater faith.  But Jesus' words come today to remind us that while we do not have all the faith that we would wish for, we do have a mustard seed's worth - a tiny little mustard seed's worth. And that is enough.

We do not need any more than what we already have to face all that today will bring us. Let us have faith in who we are, in where we are, in what got us here, and in the One who will get us there when the time is right.