Matthew 21:21-22 -
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."Observation/Application:I just took a quick flip through my prayer journal I've used since we moved to Florida. I'm on the last few pages before it's full. It's a bittersweet transition because I won't have those days as handy to look back on and reflect what God has been doing, but I also get a crisp new journal with a whole series of blank pages for God to write. Hooray!
Anyway, every time I look back through my prayer journals (whether the current one or ones from years past), God blows my hair back with His power. I can reflect on specific days when I prayed for God to move mountains and now I can completely see how those mountains were moved ... the movement most likely didn't play out the way I thought, but the mountains were in a much better place.
God knows I'm pretty dense. I need to see to believe, but I know that's not what faith is all about. So in His gigantic way of love, He gives me large doses of past action for me to see to believe that what He has ahead of me is going to bring Him even more glory.
My prayer:
God, Fill my requests to You with a mountain-moving kind of faith. And when my brain is too clogged up or I'm too focused on people instead of You, turn my head back to see all the ways you've moved mountains so far and fill me with faith for the future. Amen.
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