Faith like a mustard seed.

 Faith Like a Mustard Seed

A Reflection on Matthew 17:20 and Luke 17:6

Faith like a mustard seed—so small, so slight,

Yet packed with potential, with power, with might.

Not a mountain of certainty, not a fortress of stone,

But a tiny, living seed that, planted, will grow on its own.

“Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20)

The mustard seed—unimpressive to the eye,

Easily overlooked, easily passed by.

But within it lies a forest, a shelter for the birds,

A testament that small beginnings are not empty words.

So I do not need a giant faith, a hero's mighty creed.

I only need a spark, a whisper, a mustard seed.

For the power is not in the seed, but in the One who gives the increase,

The God who takes the tiny and multiplies it into peace.

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.” (Luke 17:6)

My doubts may tower like mountains, my fears may block the sun.

But even a crumb of trust in Him means the battle is already won.

I speak to the mountain, not in my own name, but in His.

And the mountain must move—for the King of kings is what it is.

So I will not despise the day of small beginnings.

I will nurture the seed of faith, though my spirit is sometimes thinnings.

For the God who began a good work in me will carry it to the end.

Faith like a mustard seed—more than enough, my friend.

Amen.