May 26, 2015
Some attribute a deficiency of modern-day miracles to lack of faith on the part of God’s people. A case in point is this statement by Jesus:
"Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22)
There ought to be an abundance of dead fig trees and mountain-filled seas, if we correctly understand Jesus’ words. But, there is more here than the apparent face value message. The cursing of this fig tree follows shortly after Jesus’ overturned tables and forcibly drove out profiteers from the holy temple in Jerusalem - an indictment on a people who should have borne the fruit of godliness, but instead had only the appearance of it. A lack of true faith and belief by the chosen people of God was their curse, and a hindrance to entering the coming kingdom of God. For them, their unbelief was a mountain of an obstacle in the way of the life of the age to come.
Faith obstacles can only be met with genuine, humble faith. This kind of faith can only be generated by our Creator Father, through His Son. In essence, true faith is a gift, not a human work. This gift of faith is evidenced in the lives of great people of faith, such as Abraham. It is beautifully and simply summed up in the statement, “Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.” (Genesis 15.6) When our Father sees the evidence of His gift of faith within, He is pleased to consider us righteous in His sight.
True miracles aren’t found in the visible and tangible, but in the invisible. The greatest miracle is of saving faith overcoming a mountain of unbelief. A cynical sinner whose heart and mind is turned to true and sincere faith is a miracle beyond compare.
There are healings and unexplainable phenomena that serve as signposts to real miracles. The evidence of the tangible paves the way for the moving of mountains of doubt in those who will see and respond. A lost soul rescued from a perishing world, for eternal life in the age to come, is a precious miracle.
We are surrounded by mountains of doubt and unbelief. May the force of faith, coupled with faithful prayer, cast every mountain of doubt into the deepest sea.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2015
Be sure to also visit http://thetruthrevolution.wordpress.com/
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"Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22)
There ought to be an abundance of dead fig trees and mountain-filled seas, if we correctly understand Jesus’ words. But, there is more here than the apparent face value message. The cursing of this fig tree follows shortly after Jesus’ overturned tables and forcibly drove out profiteers from the holy temple in Jerusalem - an indictment on a people who should have borne the fruit of godliness, but instead had only the appearance of it. A lack of true faith and belief by the chosen people of God was their curse, and a hindrance to entering the coming kingdom of God. For them, their unbelief was a mountain of an obstacle in the way of the life of the age to come.
Faith obstacles can only be met with genuine, humble faith. This kind of faith can only be generated by our Creator Father, through His Son. In essence, true faith is a gift, not a human work. This gift of faith is evidenced in the lives of great people of faith, such as Abraham. It is beautifully and simply summed up in the statement, “Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.” (Genesis 15.6) When our Father sees the evidence of His gift of faith within, He is pleased to consider us righteous in His sight.
True miracles aren’t found in the visible and tangible, but in the invisible. The greatest miracle is of saving faith overcoming a mountain of unbelief. A cynical sinner whose heart and mind is turned to true and sincere faith is a miracle beyond compare.
There are healings and unexplainable phenomena that serve as signposts to real miracles. The evidence of the tangible paves the way for the moving of mountains of doubt in those who will see and respond. A lost soul rescued from a perishing world, for eternal life in the age to come, is a precious miracle.
We are surrounded by mountains of doubt and unbelief. May the force of faith, coupled with faithful prayer, cast every mountain of doubt into the deepest sea.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2015
Be sure to also visit http://thetruthrevolution.wordpress.com/
Amazon ebook & print devotional -http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FQ1Q9GW
paperback print copy of book — https://www.createspace.com/4500045
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