Mountain moving faith…

Whenever I find myself in this place of concern over our finances, I realize it’s a definite area of weakness in me. I’d have to admit that it’s connected to my disappointment with our house not selling. I mean, if God is able to provide in my current situation, why wouldn’t He have supplied a buyer for our place by now? My question remains unanswered, yet I am compelled to move forward in faith.

Philippians 4:19 "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

This is the truth. He is Jehovah Jirah and I must learn to trust Him to provide for me, even when I don’t know how or when He’s going to bring the provision I need. This requires more than just hopeful thoughts; it demands faith. And faith is not something I can muster up.

Hebrews 12:2 "…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

So He does the work of establishing faith within my heart as I fix my eyes upon Him. Just as I become familiar with the facial features of those I spend a lot of time with, as I look to Jesus, my confidence in His unchanging character grows and I am persuaded that His love for me is unrelenting. My mustard seed faith is watered and begins to take root.

Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.”

I cannot rely on the experiences of my life to establish the kind of faith He plans for me to walk in. No, faith to move mountains doesn’t require previous mountain moving…it rather perceives the insignificance of the mountain in light of God’s greatness.

Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You!”