Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Faith
Today when I left work with all my business attire (shoes, pants, shirt, tie) on, I noticed that it was raining quite hard outside. So instead of walking outside, I took the underground “PATH” and hopped on the subway to go home.
I didn’t think much about it until I got to Davisville. There I noticed it was raining cats and dogs. The sky was covered with rain clouds, and the rain was pelting against the windows. It was then that I realized that if I had to trek 15minutes home in this weather that I’d be drenched. Not just a little wet, but I’d be sloshing around in my own shoes.
Then in a moment of clarity, it was like God spoke to me and told me to have faith. You see, I’ve been studying Matthew for the last month and all of a sudden all these verses started popping into my head…
“if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20)
“You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. (Matthew 8:26)
When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that very hour. (Matthew 8:10,13)
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” (Matthew 9:1)
Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment. (Matthew 9:22)
Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”; and their sight was restored. (Matthew 9:29)
And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. (Matthew 13:58)
I could go on, there is Peter walking on water because of faith; Jesus rebuking the disciples for not having enough faith to perform their own miracles (Ch.16), etc.
But the point is that at that exact moment, I suddenly had faith that God would make the rain go away and I was happy and relieved. I prayed asking God to make the clouds go away and that he would not let a single drop hit my head. and that he would clear the skies and give me a nice walk home. I was still in the subway without any knowledge of what the weather was like outside, but as I got closer to my stop I got more and more excited to see the great weather God was preparing for me.
I was so excited I ran up the stairs and when I got to the doors, the clouds had just swept disappeared. I could see the last of the grey clouds and then what was left was sun and blue skies. I was amazed. That is my story. Praise be to God, who honours faith the size of mustard seeds and gives power to those who believe.