FAITH: A TREE

Jesus stated in the Parable of the Mustard Seed, “…The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree…” (Matthew 13:31-32) As small as the mustard seed could be, when it is sowed it will become a tree. In Jesus’ explanation of the Parable of the Sower, he stated that, “…The seed is the word of God…” (Luke 8:11) It is written in Romans 10:17, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” The point here is, if the seed is the word of God and the seed is what grows and becomes a tree then faith can be liken to a tree. A tree where different sizes of branches shoot out and each branch can be considered a tree because a tree and it is branches are the same. In other words, in faith there are branches such as: contentment, obedience, faithfulness, zealousness for God and more. For every giant that God used or that God is using, there is always the manifestation of one or more of the words that is used to describe the branches that grow out of a tree. Whenever anyone exceedingly demonstrates what the branch represents in their life as a character or principle, it will set them out to be considered as giant to be used by God. For Moses to be called by God as a leader to bring the children of Israel out of the bondage of over four hundred years, God must have seen in him a character of faithfulness as mentioned above. Once in the course of the journey to the Promised Land, God testified of Moses, “Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house.  I speak with him face to face, even plainly, and not in dark sayings; and he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?” (Numbers 12:7-8) This testimony of Moses by God was in response to the dissension of Aaron and Miriam. Aaron and Miriam spoke against Moses because of his Ethiopian woman whom he married. (Numbers 12:1) Also they wanted to know if the Lord had been speaking only to Moses. Evidently for God to have held Moses in such a high esteem, Moses must have taken a step earlier in his life that provoked God’s attention over his life. Every giant in the hand of God demonstrated at some point in life what it takes for God to notice them and set them up for a noticeable exploit to the glory of God.For Moses, contentment can be considered as a major or main character in him that lined him up for a noticeable assignment for God. Exodus 2:21, “Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.” Moses, having lived in one of the most celebrated locations, the palace of Pharaoh for forty years, ended up in Midian, a strange land. Moses refused to get carried away by the exuberant palace life and could not ignore his brethren’s suffering. In his act of support for one of his brethren, he became a murder and had to flee from the palace because of Pharaoh’s attempt to persecute him. Moses was content to live in the desert, with Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; a strange land. There was no evidence or demonstration of bitterness or complaint with his new family in the land. Moses’ contentment made him and he became Heaven connected for God’s assignment.
WHAT DOES CONTENTMENT HAS TO DO
To be content is to be a provoker of the move of God’s hand for favor, guidance, deliverance, preservation and many more of God’s blessings. Contempt can be considered as a branch of faith. 1Timothy 6:6-7, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” For Moses to have come out of a palace and into a strange land with a testimony of being content, had to have undoubtedly gain Heaven’s attention. Moses contentment speaks a great deal of his character. Faith is what pleases God; Moses demonstrated faith that pleased God. His action demonstrated that he brought nothing to this world and no material wealth could have kept him away from doing what was right when doing right demanded it. Moses had faith and God was pleased to use him for a great and noticeable assignment. Moses was content and he had a great uncommon gain.