You Could Learn a Lot From a Seed

February 3, 2012 at 7:07am

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"...if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you." (Matt 17:20)

I know the common interpretation of this verse is that if you have just a teeny tiny bit of faith, as much as a tiny mustard seed, that's enough to move mountains. I'm not saying that isn't true, but for a long time I've wondered if there could be another meaning. What if he was talking about the faith that a mustard seed possesses, rather than faith the size of a mustard seed? What if he was talking about the faith of a seed -  to be planted and to die - trusting that something greater will grow in it's place.  I do not know Greek and cannot say for sure what he meant. Maybe he meant it as a double meaning. Either way, it is an interesting thought.

We can learn a lot from a seed. What would it be like to have the kind of faith that moves you to get planted in the cold dark ground, not knowing the future, but trusting that something good is going to happen. Laying down your own ambitions, to let God create in you something you never could have been on your own. That would take a lot of faith. The kind that would move mountains.