"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." Mark 11:23 NKJV
Have you ever done any mountain climbing? Some people find this adventure so thrilling; others won't even consider it. Like most things, it depends on each person's taste. For myself, I prefer to do what Jesus advises here - speak to the mountain. It is less stressful to say the least.
Think about the type of mountain that Jesus is speaking about here. Sickness is a mountain. It looms over a person's life and if it is life-threatening, it will bring that life to a premature ending. Therefore, Jesus told us to speak to the mountain and tell it to be removed and if there is no doubt, just total belief, it will be done, the person will be healed.
Financial lack is a mountain. Lack of food and clothes or somewhere to live falls under this category. If a person has no job or only has one that pays a very low wage, it can become a mountain too. Think about it, there are many things in our lives that qualify as mountains and Jesus directs us to take action against them.
Now there are two ways of accepting this verse, as well as Mark 11:24. Some say that what we ask for, must be in accordance with God's will. Well, healing most certainly is; Psalm 103:3 tells us, 'Who heals all your diseases,' and then, 'And by His stripes we are healed.' Isaiah 53:5. And then, 'And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.' Philppians 4:19.
But one cannot get away from what Jesus said, 'I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours.' Really it all comes down to how you interpret the scriptures. Some say praying for a house with all expences paid, is not God's will. Others, who have done this, successfully believe otherwise. As I've said, it is how you choose to interpret this. What I feel is more important, is the state of a person's heart. If we are holding a grudge against anyone and we're refusing to forgive them, the scripture tells us that we will not be forgiven either. Mark 11:25-26. How can we expect God to bless us when we refuse to bless someone else. It's hypercritical.
Whatever you believe, as you pray, believe and receive, the things in accordance with God's will, will be changed. But, I believe, what Jesus says; whatever we ask for, if our heart is right with Him and we believe and receive it by faith, then we will have it.
There are many mountains to speak to in life, we have a choice to speak to them or not. The choice is yours.
Copyriight 2020 Grahame Howard
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