Faith is wonderful, and we ask God to give us more. Matthew 6 is a chapter of Jesus’ quotes I love, including a popular version of “The Lord’s Prayer.” It also includes Jesus’ comment, “O ye of little faith,” in regards to our worrying about food and clothes. 

In Chapter 10, Jesus speaks well of the centurion who requested He heal his servant by just speaking the word, which didn’t require a visit. Jesus said He had not seen such great faith, not even in Israel. Elsewhere, Peter walked on water, then turned and sank as Jesus commented on his little faith. There are several other instances where large and small measures of faith are mentioned in conjunction with healing. 

But how do you measure faith? If you can move mountains and do the impossible with a mustard seed amount, it’s obviously not a matter of size. I like the working definition of faith as trust. For me, it’s trust in Jesus. How do you measure degrees of trust? Is there incomplete trust? 

I submit that trust is like pregnancy. You either have it or you don’t. You can’t be partially pregnant. Pregnancy is usually about nine months 24/7. When you’re trusting, you either do or you don’t, but unlike pregnancy, you can give faith up by choice. Times of trusting God and times of trusting self are recorded for most, if not all, Bible characters. It is the human condition to embrace both with the option of learning and loving to spend more and more time with Jesus.That’s how we increase our faith—learning to trust him even when we don’t get our way or when Jesus doesn’t get His. That’s how we can move mountains and do the impossible. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a 24/7 faith that would make the transition from Earth to Heaven just one more step toward home? Trust in Jesus one of the things that will qualify our entry. There will be no more night there because the Sun of Jesus will always be shining on us, and time will be no more. Then, God will get His way, and we will get ours. Let’s plan to meet there.