February 6: Faith the Size of a Seed

Other people seem so sure about God. Your faith feels about the size of a crumb.

Jesus told His disciples that if they had faith as small as a grain of mustard seed, they could say to a mountain, “Move,” and it would move. A mustard seed is tiny. In His day, it was the smallest seed farmers commonly planted. You could lose it in a fold of your palm.

Jesus didn’t say they needed big faith. He said tiny faith in a big God is enough.

That’s encouraging for Step Two. The step doesn’t ask you to have strong faith. It asks you to come to believe. The starting point can be very small. Just enough to say, “Maybe God can do what I couldn’t.”

Your drinking might feel like a mountain. You’ve pushed against it with all your strength and it hasn’t budged. Willpower didn’t move it. Promises didn’t move it. Consequences didn’t move it. And maybe now you’re being told that something as small and uncertain as faith could make a difference. It sounds unlikely.

But notice where the power is. In Jesus’ words, it isn’t the size of the seed that moves the mountain. It’s what the seed is connected to. A little trust, pointed toward a great God, does what a lot of effort pointed toward yourself never could.

You can water a small seed. Pray, even short prayers. Go where faith is talked about honestly, like meetings and a good church. Read a little Scripture. Spend time with people whose faith is further along. Seeds grow slowly, underground at first, where you can’t see anything happening.

You don’t have to manufacture a mountain-sized belief before you start. Start with what you have. Mustard seeds turn into trees.

And if even a seed feels like too much, borrow some faith for now. Sit near people who believe God is restoring them. Let their hope hold you up until your own comes in. That’s not cheating. That’s how faith has always spread, one person to the next.

One thing today

Write on a small card: “I have a little faith, and God is big.” Put it in your wallet or pocket and read it whenever you touch it.

A prayer

Lord, my faith is small. I’m giving You the little I have. Let it grow. Move the mountain I haven’t been able to move.

Read more on Step Two.

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