Mark 11:23
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Some noticeable features and concepts from Mark 11:23-
- There will always be mountains available in the landscape of our lives
- The landscape is always subject to change
- Mountains are made to be removed and displaced
- Mountains are expendable
- Mountains, by their nature, are weak and lifeless
- Man's heart has a choice to make either doubt or belief
- Man's heart is the generator of the force that moves mountains
- Without the hearts involvement, mountains will never move
- The heart speaks its will and desire through the mouth
- The mouth is the release point of faith and doubt
- Words become carriers of the supernatural forces operating in the heart
- Words become the instruments of destruction for mountains
- Faith released in words can change a person's future and destiny
- Human kind has a part to play in their future and destiny
- People are determining their future by what they say
- The landscape of your life is determined by what is in your heart and expressed by your mouth
- It becomes a priority to maintain a proper heart condition of faith and believing and to be guarded in what is spoken
Mountains are meant to be moved. Mountains are not placed in your life by God. If they were, they would not be subject to removal. Mountains, then, represent obstacles and challenges from sources other than God. When God looks at mountains, He sees plains and valleys formed by their removal.
Isaiah 40:3-4
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
This is probably a more accurate assessment of God's view of mountains. When mountains are removed, it creates a smooth, level highway over which to travel the road of life. God's plan for our lives is for a smooth level plain of blessing. This plan was disrupted by the fall of man. In Christ, God has reestablished the plan. However, man has a part to play in the plan.
Notice that the mountains are subject to man's dominion. Jesus did not mention God moving any mountains. Jesus said that people move mountains. This would be an incredibly impossible task if it weren't for the fact that God gave us the tool to do the job. If you were sent out to move a mountain with a shovel and wheelbarrow, this would be unfair and unjust. Jesus says the tool God has given us will work. Therefore, it must be a big, mountain-moving tool.
Since Jesus said the tool will do the job, we must see that and believe that. This tool is a mountain-moving tool that works every time. When we do believe, then the tool works. This tool is, of course, our words. Jesus said the mountains of life are subject to faith filled words.