Wait for the Lord; be
strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
--Psalm 27:14
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT
TODAY'S VERSE
If
there is anything we don't like to do, it's wait. Maybe that is why God is so interested in us
learning to do it! There is something purifying about remaining strong in tough
times and remaining faithful when ill winds blow. So God gives us times of waiting to see if our
search is really for him or merely for something new.
MY PRAYER
Loving
Father, I know you have waited for me so many times -- for me to show my faith,
repent of my sins, grow in holiness, come to you in prayer, act more mature,
give to those who cannot return my care...
Help me as I wait for you to show me the way with my decisions, to meet
my needs, and reveal your presence in my loneliness. I really do seek you with all my heart. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
Move Your Mountains
And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The
fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” So Jesus answered and said to
them, “Have faith in God. 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
11:21–23
Like
many believers, you may have heard the teaching on mountain-moving faith based
on Mark 11:22–23. I don’t know about you, but it always intrigued me: Why did
Jesus curse the fig tree before He taught on mountain-moving faith?
One
day, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes. The first time fig leaves are mentioned in
the Bible, they speak of self-righteousness—after Adam sinned, he covered
himself with fig leaves. Adam’s covering was a bloodless one, and without the
shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). That’s why God
had to clothe him with animal skin instead, which meant the shedding of
innocent blood. One speaks of righteousness by works, while the other speaks of
righteousness by the shed blood of the Lamb.
So
the fig tree here is a picture of self-righteousness. And what Jesus was saying
is that before your faith can flow like a river, you have to curse (or get rid
of) self-righteousness in your life and embrace His gift of righteousness!
Beloved,
keep believing, meditating on and declaring that you are righteous in Christ
apart from your works. This revelation is what causes faith for every
breakthrough you need to rise effortlessly in your heart, and the mountains in
your life to move!
By:
Joseph Prince
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