Faith of a mustard seed
A hundred-years-old Abraham had faith in what God promised
Though his wife, Sarah at ninety, was infertile
Yet he continued to believe that with God
Nothing is impossible,
He would be the father of many nations
A promise that was fulfilled.
Noah constructed the Ark at God’s bidding
Years of mockery failed to daunt him;
Years of fair-weather made work, that was painstaking,
A monument of ridicule and absurdity.
But when God unleashed the storm in fury
And turned the world into a watery grave,
His faith in God ensured his family’s survival
Together with every specie of bird and animal.
Glorious was the day, when a dove he sent out, returned
Holding a fresh leaf between its beak;
The inundated world had been drained
And land restored, his faith founded.
Moses, years in wilderness, hiding
From the Egyptians,
Received God’s calling
To deliver the Jews from Egypt’s Pharaoh;
In faith, he set about returning;
Pursued by a mighty army in their flight
God had mercy on them in their plight;
Moses stretched out his arm in faith,
The RED SEA parted, they could flee to the other side
Their persecutors had to face the crushing tide.
Faith it was that saved Daniel in the hungry lion’s den,
Also, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego who did not perish
In the fiery furnace which killed the men who threw them in.
It was deep faith that enabled David, the shepherd boy
With his sling and pebble to defeat the giant Goliath,
Who had held the Israelite army in terror;
But David had faith that his God was an invincible conqueror.
Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, today, to-morrow
We have a loving, forgiving and caring God;
A powerful God who is our joy, strength and refuge
But it takes faith on our part, even a mustard seed would do,
To call on His Promises,
Believing they will all come true;
It takes faith, love, obedience, and adoration for God
And loving-kindness towards our fellow men,
To bring into fruition
God’s miraculous working power in our lives.
Shirley Lau