Faith - How Much?

Recognizing that it is not my faith

That Hits the mark

But the one who is faithful ---

If I have no faith

I refuse to allow the one who is faithful

To swing the hammer.

Regardless then the skill of the one who is faithful

There is no benefit

If I do not let Him swing.

He is worthy.

But I am afraid!

I hit myself.

My brother hit me.

Education failed me.

Money and success and pleasure -

They also failed me.

And now I am afraid.

How much faith does it take?

The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;

Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”

“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,

So the Son of Man must be lifted up,

That everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

How much faith does it take

To look when you are dying and hopeless?

The faith of a mustard seed!

He will nourish it and grow it and

Deliver us faultless!

Billy R. Masten

01/29/10