JESUS SPEAKING
“Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them” (Mark 11: 20-24.)
INSIPRED THOUGHTS
Mountains are large, immovable obstacles; they are symbols of durability and permanence. A million bulldozers and ten thousand sticks of dynamite would barely put a dent in even the smallest mountain range. No human effort (no number of people, no quantity of resources) can make a mountain move. Although no human can accomplish this task, Jesus said that through faith in God, a mountain can be reduced to a pebble that can be tossed into the sea. A faith in God’s power is expressed in prayer. The faithful, when faced with something they cannot accomplish, will turn and request that God do for them what they cannot do for themselves.
Recently I was speaking with an elderly friend of mine. For many years he and his wife had been pestering their kids to begin having children; they were anxious to be grandparents. As the years went by and their faith in God grew, they gave up on their efforts and began praying and asking God for grandchildren; which he soon provided in abundance. Their many years of dissatisfaction were products of their misplaced faith. When they took the faith they had in themselves and placed it in God, the mountain that separated them from the desires of their heart had finally been removed.
Today, there are many things in our lives that seem to be permanent fixtures; there are many obstacles that we, through our own efforts, have been powerless to overcome. Too often we place faith in ourselves instead of God. We need only turn to Him through prayer and seek His power. Bring your struggles to the Lord; let Him accomplish what you cannot, and you will experience a very real miracle in your life.
“Lord Heavenly Father, we come before You today and we ask that You give us the faith to move mountains. We desire to see You work and to accomplish the impossible. We admit that apart from You, we are weak and have no hope; but with You Lord, nothing is impossible. Fill our hearts with true faith; we thank You in advance for what You are going to do in our hearts and in our lives. We love You, we praise You, and we thank You, and we ask and pray all of these things, in Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.” God bless all of you.
Jesus Speaks 