The Audacity of Faith (15)
Matthew 6:28-30
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not..... Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Our focus today will be on Little Faith. Jesus here is challenging His followers on why they allow anxiety to rule their lives. He was concerned about how worries co-habits with men and advised them to take learning from the lilies that neither toil nor harvest but are most beautifully arrayed by heaven despite their short life spans.
Jesus understood humanity's propensity to worry about anything and everything and so cautions against the danger such an attitude portends. A man of little faith frets. He may start out with some guts and open declaration of faith. This however soon disappears the moment challenges come to validate the faith
Remember His disciples when He was sleeping in the boat. They had enough faith to follow Him but when the tempest rose and water began to fill the boat, they panicked and ran to wake Him. Th same thing with Peter when he walked on water
It is not wrong to have little faith. It is a good place to start. What is wrong is if we refuse to grow from there onto strong faith and great faith. Small beginnings are absolutely acceptable to God but not small endings where the potential for greatness exists
If you must make a mark in the kingdom; If your life must count for something; If you want to obtain a good report like the elders, you cannot afford to remain a person of little faith with anxiety as your life companion.
May the passion to grow your little faith consume you
I celebrate you
Kolawole Oyeyemi
Chapel of Uncommon Grace
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