"I tell you the truth, if you
have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from
here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Matt
17:20 NIV)
A well-built highway bridge is there to stay. For a
lifetime at least. Unless a war breaks out, who would ever think that such a
bridge could be instantly broken up! Impossible!
Maybe we have problems with faith because we do not
really believe in the impossible!
On July 9, 2011, a glacial flood, seemingly out of
nowhere, came upon highway No.1 in south Iceland, by the river Múlakvísl on
Mýrdalssandur. The flood was thought to be the result of a tiny eruption
underneath the icecap of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, probably in the crater of
the Katla volcano. The eruption melted the ice on the bottom of the glacier,
sending flood waters cascading onto the plain where the racing water tore out
the highway bridge across the Múlakvísl. One moment the bridge was there, the
next it was-gone!
If immense, solid bridges can be so easily moved,
imagine what can be moved by faith that is anchored in our Father in Heaven!
Jesus, the One who had mountain moving faith,
explained why moving mountains was possible: "Don't you believe that I am in the
Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my
own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me
when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe
on the evidence of the miracles themselves." (John 14:10-11 NIV)
Jesus was literally anchored in the Father, so much
that His words were "not just His own". His words came from the Father, who was
"doing His work".
"That's swell and good, but I don't have such a
relationship with the Father!"
Maybe not yet, but we are all set to experience God
fully, if you let Him!
Once we have accepted Jesus into our life, our
existence changes drastically for the better!
"For in him we live and move and have our being."
(Acts 17:28 NIV)
"Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple
and that God's Spirit lives in you?" (1 Cor 3:16 NIV)
Just like Jesus. We are "in the Father, and the Father
is in us". God's very Spirit lives in us! The problem is, we rarely tap into
that Power! If we did, the impossible would become possible, just as Jesus
declared:
"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will
do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I
am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the
Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I
will do it." (John 14:12-14 NIV)
Faith that moves mountains is only possible if it is
placed on the One who showed us this kind of faith!
Why do we seemingly "miss the boat"? Because our
petitions are not geared towards "bringing glory to the Father"! Too often our
requests, though asked in the name of Jesus, are truly based on our own desires,
so that OUR will may be done!
Yes, solidly-built bridges can be moved. Yes, Jesus
still heals, still frees those in bondage, and still comes to the aid of those
in distress. Nothing is too difficult to God! We have reason to believe in the
impossible. To make this possible we need to acquaint ourselves with the Miracle
Maker. Only a strong, intimate relationship with Him will open doors that never
could be opened before. Only such a relationship will comfort the broken-hearted
and sustain us amidst adversity. The key of mountain-moving-faith is in one
person, the One who paid the price to make this possible.
"Where's our bridge? It was just there last week?"
That's what the police of North Beaver township,
Pennsylvania asked themselves on October 6, 2011. Someone had stolen the
50-foot-long, 20-foot-wide bridge, probably dismantling it to be sold as scrap.
No witnesses could be found.
If bridges can be moved, imagine what would happen if
we tapped into faith!
Rob Chaffart
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