Sunday, January 08, 2006

Mountain Movers Pte. Ltd.

When we talk about faith, a verse from Matthew 17:20 always comes up -- "I tell you the truth, 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."

Ever seen a mustard seed? I went to Cold Storage and found a bottle of mustard seeds. Its about the size of a sesame seed, but its rounded and not pointy at one end.

Ever seen a mountain? A natural mountain would probably be as tall (or taller than) the highest building in Singapore (think Westin Stanford or UOB Plaza), except that the bottom would be a lot wider than the top.

What do the two have in common? They're 2 extremes, 1 represents the word tiny, and the other represents the word HUGE! Other than that, they don't have much in common.

When we have a mountain blocking our way, we will have 2 options. Walk around it, which might take days if the moutain base is big; or climb to the peak, and climb back down on the other side, which might also take days if the mountain is tall.

But God tells us there is another way! As long as we have the tiniest itty-bitty size-of-a-mustard-seed (in asian context size-of-a-sesame-seed) sized amount of faith, we would be able to tell the "mountain" to move, and it will be moved.

What "mountains" can we move? Not just any "mountain" that's in our way, but mountains which are put there by satan to prevent our advancement, especially in God's Kingdom.

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