Is it your belief or your unbelief? Matthew 17:14-21 (continue)

Good morning friends!  God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!!
  Did you think about the verse yesterday?  I was hungry-you fed me; I was thirsty-you gave me water; I was a stranger-you took me in; I was naked-you clothed me?  How open is your charity?  Is it only open at your convenience?  Or is it open always, each day?
     Unbelief does not mean you don't believe in Jesus - just as the disciples were told by Jesus - you don't believe you have the power that Jesus had on earth.  You do!  You can heal, you can go forth boldly! 
     The disciples had been given the authority to do the healing, but they had not learned how to apply the power of God.  Jesus was frustrated with the unbelieving and unresponsive generation.  His disciples reflected the attitude of that people, as we reflect the attitude of our generation.
   Jesus was not so much criticizing the disciples as much as he was encouraging them.  Telling them you have the authority, just use it.  Jesus goes on to say if they had the faith of a mustard seed they could tell a mountain to move and it would move.
   Think about this mustard seed - it is usually 1 to 2 mm (tiny) when it is planted.  However, under the right conditions, it will grow quite large.  Look at this verse:
Matthew 13:31-32 King James Version (KJV) ³¹ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

³² Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

   So, here is what I am getting out of this.  The mustard seed is tiny, yet when germinated and cultivated it becomes great!  So, then must our faith.  Also, if you will study the mustard seed, if it is plowed under (as they do in vineyards) into the soil, it becomes a green fertilizer which aids the growth of the other plants.
     So, what I am seeing in my mind is this.  My faith, tiny as a mustard seed, will grow (through the help of God) to large proportions, and will become a "fertilizer" which will cause growth in others. So the word of God will spread, and spread, and spread.  How little is my faith, how much I need to grow!!
    May you be as a mustard seed, your growth leave a wake of seeds, left to germinate and bring forth great things for the kingdom of God.  p.s. I watched a movie last night "Jerusalem Countdown" which is a Christian movie.  You can see it on netflix.  Worth the watching.  Love you all.
  In Christ's Love and Grace
   Johnny