Friday, April 11, 2008

Speak to Any Mountains Lately?


Mark 11:22-24 tells us:
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God."
23 "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.
24 "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

There are some notations in my Bible that goes thus:

WORD WEALTH 11:22
faith, pistis (pis-tis); Strong's #4102: Conviction, confidence, trust, belief, reliance, trustworthiness, and persuasion. In the New Testament setting, pistis is the divinely implanted principle of inward confidence, assurance, trust, and reliance in God and all that He says. The word sometimes denotes the object or content of belief (Act 6:7; 14:22; Galatians 1:23)

KINGDOM DYNAMICS 11:20-24
Taking Authority and Victorious Warfare, FAITH'S WARFARE. Our Savior's action in cursing the fig tree indicates a passion in prayer and faith that we need to learn. When the disciples later noticed with surprise that the tree had withered completely (v.20), Jesus responded with a sharp command, "Have faith in God." Then, calling His followers to "speak to mountains," He led them to prepare for situations in which they would find it necessary to take direct authority in the spiritual realm to impact things in the natural realm.
(Ezra 8:21-23; Psalms 126:5,6)

KINGDOM DYNAMICS 11:23 Speak to the Mountain, PATHWAY OF MIRACLES. Real and tangible obstacles often loom as blockades against the accomplishment of God's purpose through His sons an daughters. Jesus' command to speak into the face of such obstacles is not a figure of speech, nor is it a superstitious exercise. It is an act of faith. Learning to speak to our "mountains" helps us to grow in strength; and seeing those mountains moved by God's merciful hand encourages to continue to believe for the miraculous. He makes the impossible not only possible, but He makes impossible things actually come to pass by His power. We truly serve a God of signs, wonders, and miracles; and He is able to move the mountains that are standing in our way!
James 2:26; Luke 6:38)

2 comments:

Renna said...

That echoes a message I just heard. Amen!

Sharon said...

Thank God. Confirmation, eh? :)