Moving the Mulberry

In Luke 15, the apostles asked for more faith. Jesus responded with the unbelievable truth that if they had any more faith (not a lot more, just a little more, little as in the size of a mustard seed) then they could command mulberry trees to relocate to the ocean. (5-6)

I’ve never seen anyone do that.

The point is not that we need more faith. He is saying that it doesn’t require that much faith to do incredibly miraculous things. No, what we don’t need is more faith, but more obedience.

While the apostles were still scratching their brains trying to figure out this mulberry tree relocation example, Jesus used another one. He said that if any of them had a servant, they would expect compete obedience from him/her. Even after that servant had been plowing all day, the servant would still be expected to prepare his master’s dinner that night. (7-10)

We don’t need more faith, we need more obedience. We have all we need within us to believe that God can do anything with our lives. What we need is more actions based on that belief. We need less prayers for more faith and more deeds of action.

So, the phrase, “if only I had more faith” is not a valid excuse. What you are really saying is, “if only I had more willpower/gumption/oomph to get up and act on my faith.”

Stop trying to move mulberry’s, just act on what you already know.