"And the apostles

Said unto the Lord,

'Increase our faith.'

And the Lord said,

'If ye had faith

As a grain of mustard seed,

Ye might say unto this

Sycamine tree,

'Be thou plucked up

By the root,

And be thou planted

In the sea;'

And it should obey you.' "Luke 17:5-6

A mustard seed?

Perhaps.

But surely only

At the start.

Because aren't we supposed

To water it,

And weed it,

And nurture it,

And feed it,

Until our seed of faith

Becomes as mighty as a tree?

But no,

This isn't what

The Savior said at all.

Nor did He ever indicate,

That our seed of faith

Would need to grow so tall.

And the only time

It seems He did,

The tiny seed He spoke of,

Did not refer to faith at all.

Instead,

It symbolized

The growth and spread,

Of the kingdom of God

On earth.Matthew 13:31-32Mark 4:30-32Luke 13:18-19

Okay,

Then perhaps what Jesus

Really meant was,

That a mustard seed of faith

Can move a mountain,Matthew 17:20

But only if it's genuine,

And certified as true?

And only if there's not

An ounce of doubt

In our heart,

That disbelieves

What God can do?