Faith is a Learned Discipline

Luke 17:6 KJ"And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you."

NIV "He replied, "If you have the faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it will obey you." 

NKJV "So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you."

George Muller cared for more than 10,000 orphans in his lifetime in England and was a man of astounding faith. But not everybody knows that he was not always such a faithful man. 

His early life in Prussia was marked by lying, gambling, drinking, and imprisonment for fraud. At age fifteen, he gave his attention to cards and drinking with friends, while his mother lay dying. This is also the same George Muller who, later in life, would sit his orphans down at a table with empty bowls and thank God for the food He would provide in the future. And God always did. 

George Muller's life goes to show that faith is a learned discipline. Faith does not come naturally but supernaturally. The natural man believes when he sees, but the supernatural man sees when he believes. And Jesus taught that it does not take as much faith as we might think. Faith as small as a tiny seed can see mountains moved. If you are lacking great faith today, exercise the faith you have, and then ask God for more.

Faith produces fruit, more faith produces more fruit because believing God is a self-perpetuating experience.

Ask the widow of Zaraphath if you don't believe me.

1 Kings 17: 11-16 "And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ” So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah."