Do you have a 'little' faith?

Hebrews 11:1 says, “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. Faith is what keeps us going. Faith is the thing we cling to when everything is so dark around us. Faith is believing that God will take care of us in each and every trial we face. Yesterday we saw how the Apostles had ‘no faith’ in the storm. Today we will look at how Jesus characterizes those who have a ‘little’ faith. Look at His words.

Matthew 6:25-34 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶  Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷   Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? ²⁸  And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹  And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰  Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹  Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ³²  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Notice their chief concern is on the outward things of life. They’re worried about where they will get the food needed to continue. They’re not sure if they will have the necessary clothing to wear. They’re not even confident they will be able to find any water to drink. To put this in modern day terms, we worry about our finances. We stress over our health. We anguish over our future. How is this virus thing going to end? How we will be able to live in this ‘new world’?

Jesus reminds them that our Heavenly Father takes care of the birds of the field. He watches over the flowers and blesses them with beautiful colors. His instructions are to "seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness"! When our focus is on Him and His will everything else will fall into place. We need to be as the Apostles when they asked the Lord to ‘increase our faith’ (Luke 17:5). He understands ‘little faith’. Trust Him. Today. Tomorrow. Always. He’s got this.

In Him,

Steve