You Can Count on God by Max Lucado - 7 Day PlanSample

A MUSTARD-SEED CONFESSION

Do you believe this, Martha?”

Look to whom Jesus asked this question: a bereaved, heartbroken sister.

Look at where Jesus stood as he asked this question: a cemetery.

Look at when Jesus asked this question: four days too late. Lazarus, his friend, was four days dead, four days buried.

Maybe she answered with the conviction of a triumphant angel, fists pumping the air. Give her reply a dozen exclamation marks if you want, but I don’t. I hear a meek “Yes, Lord . . . I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God” (v. 27 NLT).

Martha wasn’t ready to say Jesus could raise the dead. Even so, she gave him a triple tribute: “the Messiah,” “the Son of God,” and “the one who has come into the world.” She mustered a mustard-seed confession. Her expression of belief was enough for Jesus. Yours is too.