Oh how I long for the faith of a mustard seed. I have some mountains I would like to make be!
So, how much faith is there in a mustard seed? The seed has no thought or distractions, it simply is. Was this the mindset of us before the fall? As connected to the reality and presence of God as we might be to the chair we are sitting on?
There would be no difference between my perceptions and thoughts. All would be real. Doubt would not exist. To have this faith is to empty oneself to be like the mustard seed.
Faith is something that is added into us but we have to get the other stuff out of that space that defines reality for us. The barriers for faith are not the restrictions of the gift from God, but our resistance to letting go of the faiths we already have.
This said we are also going to gifted a measure of faith. Just like all our other gifts. Our measure of faith is all we need but it may seem less or more than others. This is the mastery of God’s work in us. To give us what we need, to ensure the inner battle and the quest to be the very example of faith he desires.
Mark K