"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." Mark 11:22-24 NKJV
Jesus encourages us to speak to the mountain - that obstacle that blocks the way forward and prevents blessing coming. However, the most important factor here, is that we have faith in God, not operate in God's faith. There is a big difference. Jesus was telling His disciples, and us too, that they should have faith in God to overcome any obstacle or need that they have. He didn't say to them to act in God's faith. He is God, so we must rely on Him to get a result.
What we are saying here is, to totally trust Jesus in every way, with everything that we have. When we are totally sold out to Him, we are then in tune with Him and therefore we are able to have faith in God to perform what we ask for. He is not though, a spiritual Santa Claus so praying to win the Lottery may not be an option. But, we can pray for all we need each day. In fact, if you look at this scripture, Jesus tells us to 'Say to this mountain, 'be removed and cast into the sea'. So He tells us to speak to the obstacle or need with the authority He has given us. This way we are having faith in God.
Examples throughout each day could be, 'Lord I really need this item to come this week, I need it. In Jesus' name I command it to be here by this Friday.' This is an example of a prayer I recently said. I urgently needed an item to arrive by Friday and, it did. God is faithful to His word. Another example would be when a family member is taken to hospital for urgent tests on the heart. Again, we had this and my wife and I prayed that all would be well in Jesus' name and spoke to the possible sickness to depart. Again, it did according to His word.
We need to take things such as this on board. Jesus has given us His authority and He wants us to take Him at His word and put it into action. A word of warning here though; everything must be right with God in your life. You can't pray and receive in faith if you have an issue with sin or another person Mark 11:25-26. Put things right and forgive and God will bless what you ask.
One things for sure, God wants us to have total trust in Him and act accordingly.
Copyright 2021 Grahame Howard
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