The direction of faith

Where do we LOOK? It’s not about “how much” faith. It’s a matter of where we look IN faith.

Matthew 17:14-21

The secret, of course, is that the size of the faith isn’t important; what’s important is the God in whom you believe. If you want to see the moon, the size of the window you’re looking through isn’t important; what matters is that it’s facing in the right direction. A tiny slit in the wall will do if the moon is that side of the house. A huge window facing in the wrong direction will be no good at all. That’s what true faith is like. The smallest prayer to the one true God will produce great things; the most elaborate devotions to a ‘god’ of your own making, or indeed someone else’s, will be useless, or worse.

 Wright, T. (2004). Matthew for Everyone, Part 2: Chapters 16-28 (p. 22). Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

One response to “The direction of faith”

  1. This is the most beautiful and useful exposition of Jesus’ “mustard seed” teaching that I’ve ever read. Thank you for sharing it. I can’t hardly believe that it’s taken me almost my whole life to come across it. I generally don’t read Bible commentaries because I prefer my scriptures, like my whiskey, “neat.” But maybe I should lose my arrogance and accept a little help sometimes.

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