He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, 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 to you." Matthew 11:20
I have found that the biggest mountains are right in the middle of my heart. Exchanging my choices, desires, and goals for His, no matter how small a sacrifice, is a mountain moving challenge every day. But every smallest obedience we take is a step of faith. And Jesus tells us in today’s verse that even the tiniest mustard seed step, will release the power of God to cast our biggest mountains into the sea!
And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” - And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. Luke 5:5; 11 ESV
Like the farmer who has just finished his spring planting only to have his field washed out by a rainstorm, Peter was discouraged after spending the entire night casting his nets and laboriously pulling them in again and then returning home exhausted and empty handed. All of us are sometimes forced to face our inabilities and failures that have happened in spite of our best efforts. Maybe we were fired from our job because we failed to make a quota, our marriage is struggling, and it seems we don’t have even one friend. Whatever we are facing, is how Peter felt that morning when he met Jesus. But Jesus hadn’t come to call Peter because he was the best fisherman, and He doesn’t only call the best fathers, mothers, or pastors for His kingdom work. Jesus often picks people for His team who have worked all night with nothing to show for their efforts. And Jesus hasn’t showed up just to demand that we try harder, He only asks that we believe and obey His word. Peter didn’t understand why Jesus said to launch out, and he even pointed out that it seemed foolish to throw out his nets again, but he chose to obey anyway. Then, when he cast that heavy net out just one more time, it became so full that it took all the efforts of Peter, and his friends to pull it in. But this story is about more than just blessings. The real blessing and call of Jesus, both then, and now, is to leave everything by faith and come follow Jesus wherever He asks us to go!
Now I could have titled today’s post “OOOOPS!”, but that might have raised a few eyebrows. Suffice it to say that yesterday’s title was meant for today and I have no great excuse, except I started out to post today’s poem yesterday and thought better of it I edited carefully, reviewing all the grammar and spacing, but forgot the headlines! Yikes! Anyway, thank you for my friends and here is the actual, “He Wrote in the Dust” I hope these simple verses may be a blessing in some small way in your life, and let’s take it as Jesus told us, just one day at a time!
He Wrote in the Dust
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. John 8:6 KJV
They brought her to Jesus, this woman of sin But the Teacher bent low and without a sound Knowing they hoped for a way to trap Him He wrote with His finger in the dust on the ground
Using hands that had made on creation’s sixth day A man in His image before sin without death Breathing His life in a vessel of clay As creation stood wondering man took His first breath
Then as they continued their self-righteous cries Jesus stood up and spoke boldly to them “Let him cast the stone who is without sin Then he bent and he wrote in the dirt once again
As the woman stood trembling never hoping for grace She braced for the pain while covering her face Instead, she heard footsteps walking away Then alone with the Savior she heard a voice say
“Where are your accusers? Has no one condemned?” “Jesus quietly asked as He stood up again “And neither do I,” Jesus told her and then "Turn away from your sins, let a new life begin."
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