Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Luke 17:6


So earlier i was praying and reading my Bible, and God took me to Luke 17:6. And that is something that it seems like every regular church go-er has heard over and over again. But this time God showed it to me in a different yet interesting way.
Luke 17:6 "The Lord answered 'If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, then you could say to this mulberry tree 'May you be uprooted and thrown into the sea,' and it will obey you!"

But instead of looking at it as it's always been told- Faith is the key! [which it still is] Just look at it this way... Why did God pick a tree in this example? Well it's because a tree has roots! You cant just push a tree over and it'll slide over out of your way. There are roots involved that are deeper than we can see, and stronger than the tree itself. Whenever we have a problem that we don't want to deal with it becomes the seed. When we try to ignore it we're just putting dirt and soil on top of that seed. And when we try to say that we don't have any problems then we are merely watering that seed that is now in the perfect growing habitat that we created for it. For me God showed me this for the Paradigm students that have fallen away or chosen the wrong paths, the roots became too much to deal with alone. And that's what we all are here for. We are here to help eachother with the small seed problems before they become roots.

Another thing that i was shown was how in the end it said "and it would obey you!" key word being obey. Why did God say obey you instead of "and it will move."? Well when something obeys you that means that it's submitting to your authority. When you obey your parents it's because they are your authority. It's the same thing with the tree, We have authority over it! But like it said in the beginning- "if you had faith." Faith is still the key, and without faith we don't have the strength or authority to uproot that tree.

1 comment:

Kirsten Erin said...

Awesome post, fellow P.I.! :P
Seriously though, that's really awesome and makes sense. Isn't it just lovely when God gives you incredible insight?