His students said to Jesus, “Increase our faith!”
He said with faith the size of a mustard seed
you could uproot a tree and plant it in the sea.
Yes! Oh, we wish for such faith, such command—
ignoring how pointless it would be
to sea-plant a mulberry tree. He’s caught us.
Then he goes on to describe us as slaves,
not doing whatever showy, irrelevant things
we want, but doing our master’s will.
As if faith isn’t power to do what we wish,
but willingness to surrender to what God
is already doing, listening and obeying—
realizing and confessing our lust for power,
even power to do good—
and instead, submitting to goodness.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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