Thursday, February 18, 2016

Jesus taught us that prayer is a relationship with God, and that as His children, we not only have access to God but that we can ask him to meet our daily needs.

In this passage from Mark, Jesus goes further – teaching us that prayer also gives us access to the power of God.

Mark 11:22“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go throw yourself in to the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”


While we understand that Jesus is not promising to rearrange the topography at our whim, but rather is using a striking metaphor to emphasize the power of God, he does seem to be inviting us to ask not only for our basic needs, but for the “mountains” in our lives to be moved!


Do you have any mountains in your life right now? Are your mountains comprised of emotions like anger, grief or bitterness? Are your mountains built of strained or broken relationships? Do you have a mountain of financial stress – or perhaps of illness?

Are you ready to trust God with your mountain? Sometimes this means God will move your mountain; other times this means that God will give you his grace and strength to endure and the precious gift of his presence.. Jesus is simply reminding us that God is able to do that which seems impossible to us.

Take some time to identify the mountains of your life and heart. And take those mountains to God in prayer.

Pastor Brian Coffey