Truly, I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain,
"Be taken up
and thrown into the sea,"
and does not doubt
in his heart
but believes that what he says
will come to pass,
it will be done for him.
Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask in prayer,
believe that you are receiving it,
and it will be yours.
Mark 12. 23-24
In Hebrew literature and scripture,
moving a mountain
was a metaphor for doing
what was obviously impossible.
No little molehills,
nor sand dunes,
but the big stuff in our lives
that we all encounter.
Impossible for us is always right down God's alley
and in realms of His power.
But the mountain we want to disappear
may be exactly what God is using
for His eternal purposes.
Sometimes God moves that
overwhelming burden,
sometimes He removes it.
But He also may show us
a way through, around it,
how to dig a tunnel with a spoon,
or scale the heights with Him.
God supplies our every need
to handle those mountains,
even carrying it with us.
Confidence in God's power
always works hand in hand
with submission to His will.
God may have planted it here
for deeper purposes
than we can fathom.
What is God forming in me
through this?
What does this mountain
make possible?
O LORD,
When we are faced with the impossible,
You reveal Yourself
in incredible ways.
Help us to trust You
with what we cannot comprehend
and know that You are good.
Fulfill Your purposes
even in the mysterious
and the majestic.
Help us to ask in prayer.
Help us to trust You in prayer.
Surprise us by Your power,
even in this.
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