In Mark 11:22 Jesus showed us how faith works, we must speak to the "mountain" (the problems in our life). Unfortunately today many people are not speaking to the mountains in their lives, they are speaking about them. If we look at the life of Jesus and what He did when He faced a problem we can see this in action and learn for ourselves what we need to do. If all we ever do is talk about and describe the problem we will not see the results we desire.
In Mark 11 Jesus spoke to the fig tree. Jesus did not talk about the fact that there were no figs, Jesus cursed the fig tree and the tree dried up from the roots. When Jesus faced a storm on the sea with His disciples in Mark 4 Jesus did not recite the weather report and check on the size of the waves, He rebuked the storm and spoke to the sea. In Luke 4 Peter's mother-in-law had a fever; Jesus rebuked the fever and the fever left her! Over and over again we see examples like this in the life of Jesus.
Sometimes when people see these examples they say, "Well of course Jesus could do that, because He was Jesus". But remember that in the original example from Mark 11 Jesus told us that "whoever" would do this type of thing would receive the same result and in John 14 Jesus told us that we can do the works He did and even greater works. It is not a matter of trying to put ourselves in a position where we do not belong but it is simply us taking our place as New Testament Christians and putting God's Word to work in our lives.
If you listen to most Christians today they are talking about their problems and not to their problems. When we face a difficulty instead of just talking about the situation and how bad it looks let's talk about what God's Word says and what Jesus did for us. When we have a problem let's not try to see how well we can describe the problem but let's use the authority God has given us in Christ to speak in faith to the problem. Don't become an expert at describing problems but become an expert at speaking to the problems and walking in victory!
In Mark 11 Jesus spoke to the fig tree. Jesus did not talk about the fact that there were no figs, Jesus cursed the fig tree and the tree dried up from the roots. When Jesus faced a storm on the sea with His disciples in Mark 4 Jesus did not recite the weather report and check on the size of the waves, He rebuked the storm and spoke to the sea. In Luke 4 Peter's mother-in-law had a fever; Jesus rebuked the fever and the fever left her! Over and over again we see examples like this in the life of Jesus.
Sometimes when people see these examples they say, "Well of course Jesus could do that, because He was Jesus". But remember that in the original example from Mark 11 Jesus told us that "whoever" would do this type of thing would receive the same result and in John 14 Jesus told us that we can do the works He did and even greater works. It is not a matter of trying to put ourselves in a position where we do not belong but it is simply us taking our place as New Testament Christians and putting God's Word to work in our lives.
If you listen to most Christians today they are talking about their problems and not to their problems. When we face a difficulty instead of just talking about the situation and how bad it looks let's talk about what God's Word says and what Jesus did for us. When we have a problem let's not try to see how well we can describe the problem but let's use the authority God has given us in Christ to speak in faith to the problem. Don't become an expert at describing problems but become an expert at speaking to the problems and walking in victory!
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