January 28, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John
God Has No Heroes
Christians that truly and sincerely serve Jesus Christ are not heroes but servants. In fact, they consider themselves “unworthy servants” and not a person of importance. They do not accept an inflated status that elevates themselves above others. Humility is what keeps them going and their faith is great because of it, producing the works of Christ.
Luke 17:3-10: “Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him." And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." So, the Lord said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he think that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. So, likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do’.”
The answer to the question (increase our faith) is in verse 17:10, “So, likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do’.”
Jesus’s point about a mustard seed is that one either has faith or you do not have faith. Faith is your response to God. You either respond to Him or you do not respond to Christ. It is a decision. A mustard seed of faith is all you need—a mustard seed of faith even ‘very small faith’ is the same as a ‘great-large amount of faith’, they are the same. The difference is your response to God and your attitude concerning yourself. Are you going to get what you ask for because you are ‘a somebody’, important, or self-righteous? Nope, you are always an unworthy servant and anything you do was required of God; you do nothing that is self-motivating, but it is always God in you.
We will always have faith that moves anything when we are servants, and not just any servant with personal status but an ‘unworthy servant’. (Note: a person that forgives others all the time is a person that is humble and does not judge others but allows God alone to judge them—our job is to forgive a lot!)
This is how one sets oneself up to exercise great faith (which is only a tiny bit of faith). It is the one who responds to God in humility and unworthiness. Remember the story about the Roman Centurion that Jesus said, “He had not found so great a faith in Israel.”
Matthew 8:8-10: “The centurion replied, ‘Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, ‘Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith’.”
Church it is time to walk in wisdom and humility so to respond to God in mustard-seed faith. God has no heroes only unworthy servants, and it is those servants who have ‘great faith’.
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