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And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:22-24 KJV
Jesus is using metaphors in our verses for today. So far as we know, in the 2,000 years since He spoke these words, no Christian has ever spoken to an actual mountain and caused it to fall into the sea. The mountain in question is a metaphor for any obstacle in life, large or small, that prevents us from fulfilling our God-ordained purpose in life. The falling into the sea is a metaphor for the removal of these obstacles, no matter how long it takes.
There are some options available to those with obstacles in their paths. The first is to go around the mountain. The second is to go over the mountain. However, mountains are high and snowy, and this option can lead to death or serious injury, thus ending or delaying our purpose in life. The third, perhaps the worst of all, is to come to a standstill before the mountain. Here, the mountain has stopped all progress toward the fulfillment of our purpose.
In our verses for today, Jesus is providing His followers with another option: to have faith in God and speak to the mountain. Instead of relying on the fleshly zeal of options one and two or the dead end of option three, the fourth option brings God into the equation. Having true faith in God, without doubting, almost automatically leads to the kind of speech that removes mountains. The removal may not always be like the dramatic and immediate removal in the metaphor, but the job still gets done.
The fourth option is really the only option available to the believer. Jesus doesn’t merely suggest that we have faith in God; He commands that we have faith in God. For the Christian, it’s the God-ordained way to deal with obstacles. Indeed, even if the mountain doesn’t seem to budge, it is still the-God ordained way to deal with them.
If you are experiencing obstacles in life today, then start to do what you’re going to have to do sooner or later anyway in order to remove them: have faith in God and speak to the mountains!
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