He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
(Matthew 17:20)
Lord, when we try to do things ourselves, we fall. Like Peter looking down at the waves, like me succumbing to stage fright when singing, we take our eyes away from your power and onto our own weakness. To have faith, then, is to let go of our fears, our doubts, even of our reason. If no one has ever moved a mountain, that does not mean that no one can. If we forget that all things are possible with you, we are left to our own devices. If we remember, if we allow you to take over, only then can we overcome our challenges. You must increase; we must decrease. Let us listen to Mary and do whatever you tell us, and say with her, “Be it done unto me.” Then you will show us your glory.