Faith Enough?

You know... I have been wondering lately: How much faith is faith enough?

I mean, we hear stories of extreme faith. Martin Luther going against the church in that period of time. Peter and Paul and the others suffering for being who they were. Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo. Martyrs, even today. They all were strong enough to stand for what they believed in, and to trust God. But, as the trio of wise men said in Babylon, even if God decided that it was the end of their time, they would still be faithful to God, as he had, and would always be, faithful to them.

And then you look at Jesus. He found the most undesirable circumstances to reveal who he was. Walking on water... in the stormy weather. Feeding the multitudes... when they were hungry and desolate. He didn't magically take out food at any random time.

And then we read Matthew 17:20. With faith equivalent in size to that of a mustard seed, we can move mountains. Personally, I wonder if it is a literal or a figurative mountain, because that would make a huge difference in my mind. A literal mountain would mean that almost no one has that kind of faith in modern day times... or that if we had that kind of faith, we probably are pretty tight with God and don't need to move mountains to prove anything. A figurative mountain... that's something we see all the time. People do amazing things, and they see amazing miracles.

In Romans, it's pretty clear that faith leads to salvation. Of course, faith leads to works and whatnot... but that first step... stepping out into the open and "risking" everything. That's what's hard. And maybe that's what I struggle with.

Meanwhile, I wonder whether my faith is faith enough.