Mustard seed faith

God continues to pour out His grace upon me as I step out in faith on this journey.

I am someone who tends to be rather anxious when it comes to money. I try to be generous and trust that God will provide all that I need, but i often find myself crunching the numbers to see if I have enough for whatever the need. Recently God has been challenging me to be bold in my giving and fervently trust Him for financial provision.

Friends of mine who are in full-time ministry needed money for Visas to allow them to come back to Australia. I had money stashed away in a high interest account that I was intending to add to and use for expenses in Thailand. It wasn't much, but I felt God say "You need to give every cent you have". I wondered how I would pay for my accommodation and vaccinations, but believed I needed to wholeheartedly TRUST my God to provide. He promises in his Word that He will give me all I need.

And provide He has. Last week I got a cheque in the mail from my elderly Pop for almost ten times what I had given!




What a magnificent reward for my minute, mustard seed-sized faith. I pray that it continues to grow as I live in the fuit of God's faithfulness.

"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. Nothing will be imposible for you."

[Matthew 17:20]

Micah 6:8

"...The Lord has told you what he wants from you:

to do what is right to other people,

love being kind to others,

and live humbly, obeying your God.

Micah 6:8

What maketh the man?

Do you ever find that the times when you need the most strength are when you feel you're at your weakest? Or you believe you're doing something great for God and suddenly you're confronted by Satan who tries to steal you away from all of that?

I can definitely resonate with both of these experiences and have found in the past month or so that I have come under attack as I prepare logistically and emotionally for my trip. I don't believe that attack is something to be feared - look how Jesus dealt with temptation from Satan (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). The Word of God cuts through Satan's grip if only we remember to utilise its strength. Ephesians 6:17 says "Take the helmet of salvation and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God"

That kind of reminds me of those superhero cartoons - where would they be if they didn't access the powers they had been given to do the work required?

"Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105