DAVID MACDONALD
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Posted: 03/13/2014 at 2:35pm
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- "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." Mark 11 v 23
In the natural many great climbers have tackled mountains such as Everest, Kilimanjaro, The Eiger etc. All these physical mountains were created by our God and Father for the pleasure of mankind. In the Spiritual, we as believers face at times in our lives (and often before major breakthrough or in a period of transition) huge mountains, whether unfulfilled dreams and visions, debt problems, relationships etc. Whatever our mountain is that is in our pathway, the glory is on the other side. Sometimes in our walk we can attempt to climb these mountains and many of us fall through lack of proper training, losing our grip through discouragement and disillusionment. However it is time for us to muster up our mustard seed and do what Jesus said to do, Speak to our mountain and command it to be cast down into the sea. Jesus didn't tell us to climb our mountains but to speak to it to be removed. When faced with the Jordan river stopping them entering the promised land, the Lord didnt ask them to use their natural resources by getting them all to swim over. He supernaturally drove the waters back in response to the prophetic word He gave to Joshua. When faced with insurmountable Jericho, He did not ask the Israelites to attack it in their own strength and try and scale the walls, He brought down the enemies walls supernaturally. It was after the instruction to Shout when they heard the trumpet blowing that God brought down the walls. When faced with Goliath, David didn't rely on the weapons of man, no matter how great or powerful the armour. His reliance was on the Lord his God and His word. Throughout scripture God intervenes in peoples lives by meeting a giant, a mountain, a river not by natural means but by supernatural. It's time to stir up our mustard seed of faith again and "Speak to our mountains" and command them to GO, BE CAST DOWN, DEPART. For the glory of our God awaits us on the other side. Amen.
"With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible." Mark 10 v 27
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Kimberly Fowler
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I do think that is part of the "process" that some of us are going through. In obedience to what ever God tells us to do whether one does fit in the king's armor or like David realized that God had a different way for him, each trial or mountain sometimes has to be accomplished in whatever way God leads us to deal with it. In some cases, it was of simply speaking to something (Moses was originally commanded just to speak to the rock but he struck it which was not God's instruction). In another case the battle was fought while Moses lifted his arms, but in that case, he grew weary in the fight and had to be helped by his companions while they held up his arms. Some battles are simply won by speaking to the mountain, it is whatever God leads us to do, but even n other cases, while God is leading, the battle is not always seen through in one small event but does take a time of endurance. In all cases, God can see us through and be our strength and whether the mountains are little or gigantic and whether the seasons are short or long, they will be for a testimony to Christ and of His great power working through us if we stay in Him.
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Topic: Called to move mountains, not climb them!
