Bible Verse of the Day Sunday January 3rd 2021

Mark 11:22-24 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.  “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

There is a great misconception among believes that prayer changes things. It is not the prayer that accomplishes this task, it is God that affects the changes. People often mistakenly believe that the power exists in the prayer itself, so when they have exhausted all their other options, they decide to give prayer a shot. They do this with the attitude “I’ve tried everything else. I’ll see if prayer will work.”

In our text today, Jesus clears up this misapprehension, He instructs us to “have faith in God” He does not say have faith in prayer, but faith in God. Jesus often used a hyperbole in His teaching, which He is applying here. He said to His followers that they could tell a mountain to move and it would. Then He explained the meaning of the hyperbole, “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” God will hear us, and we will receive an answer to our prayers only if we ask in faith, it is directed to God and in His will, not ours (1 John 5:14). 

I lived in the Pacific Northwest for some years and enjoyed the immense beauty of the Cascade Mountains. I have often thought it would be nice if God could move those mountains to my backyard here in Virginia. That, of course, is not in His will but there is something much more important that is in His will that He has done for me. He has removed a lot of mountains from my life, the mountains of anxiety, anger, and fear and cast them in the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19). God may not move the mountains for you, but He will remove them from your life.

Remember Peter when he asked Jesus to allow him to walk on the water, Jesus said “come,” this put it in God’s will, this and Peter’s faith allowed him to step out of the boat and walk on the water. The key is faith in God, and In Gods will.

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