Paul did not start off with a great faith, as some might believe, but rather it developed through the years. He never achieved the mountain moving faith we all desire. We see this from his statement, “[If] I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,” But he never attained unto that stage. Nor did anyone else in scripture that I can find. It will be true of our Lord at His Second Coming, but was not so during His earthly ministry.
The truth is, no saint begins his or her Christian life with the faith that he or she ends it with; that is, if they are normal Christians. Our faith grows as we grow in the Lord. As we become more acquainted with the object of our faith (Christ) our confidence in His Word grows. The order seems to be, at one time we had “no faith,” then we moved on to a “little faith,” hopefully, we will advance to, “great faith,” and who does not want to end their life with it being said of them, they possessed “so great a faith.”
The Bible principle in any and all things seems to be, “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” We need to use the little faith we have to remove the mole-hills that lie before us, then we can move on to greater accomplishments down the road.
“Christ’s naked Word unsupported by external evidence is sufficient warrant for our unwavering trust.”
John 4:46-53
(J. Oswald Sanders)
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