I Can Move This Mountain

 

By Rev. Davis M. Byars, Jr.

Matthews 21:18-22

 

Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

 

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it; Let no fruit grow on the thee henceforward forever.  And presently the fig tree withered away.

 

And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, how soon is the fig tree withered away!

 

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

 

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

You said you could move this mountain, and then what are you waiting on?

 

What stopping you from doing what you said you could do.

 

Why are you just talking about it and not actively doing it

 

The Lord has told you it could be done

 

He said, if you had the faith of a grain of mustard seed, you could command this mountain to be move and it would be done

 

What is the problem?

 

Do you not believe?

 

Touch somebody and ask them, do you not believe

 

Is your faith so weak that you doubt the word?

 

It was by the word that all things came into being

 

In the beginning was the word, the word was with God and the word was God

 

Faith and doubt cannot live in the same house

 

The Bible tells us not to be unevenly yoked

 

How are you going to grow in your faith and then allow Satan to put you in bondage by placing the yoke of doubt around your neck?

 

The Lord has commanded you to move this mountain, now what are you going to do

 

We all have mountains in our lives

 

We all have trails and tribulations

 

We all are faced with difficult decisions that we must make

 

Some of us will make those difficult decisions and move on

 

Others will sit around and procrastate

 

But if the Lord has given you a command to do a thing and assured you it could be done and gave you a promise that he would never put on you more than you can bare.  Has told you that he would never leave you are forsaking you.  Then what are you waiting on?

 

Look at your neighbor and ask them, Neighbor what are you waiting on?

 

Some of you are sitting around wondering, why is God not blessing me with the things I have asked him for?

 

You see, when your mind is stuck in yesterday dreams, and the Lord has commanded you to removed those mountains in your life, and all you have done is to sit around and complain about what you can’t do, and how that is an impossible task.   It takes no genius to figure out why your life is in the shape and condition it is in.

 

Now let me park this thing right here in a no parking zone:

 

Now let’s look at Matthews 21:21. 

 

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, if ye have faith, and doubt not.

 

You see right here Jesus is telling you faith and doubt cannot live in the same house.

 

Touch your neighbor and say, faith and doubt cannot live in this house

 

In order for you to move those mountains in your life, faith must prevail over doubt.

 

There cannot be a sliver of doubt in your mind about doing the impossible if you want to achieve the possible.

 

The impossible is achieved when your faith is the strongest.

 

If you want to achieve greatness in your life, remove the doubt from your life.

 

Grab whole of the possibilities that are standing and knocking at your door saying let me in.  

 

I want to make you great

 

I want to give you the desires of your heart

 

I want to make you rich

 

I want to make you wealthy

 

I want to make you famous

 

Don’t you know that I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?

 

I am Alpha and Omega

 

I am the author and finisher of your faith

 

If I have created you to have faith, I have also finished it in such a way that nothing is impossible unto you.

 

Stop doubting and start believing

 

Now let me stop right here on the other side of town and park my limo in this negative parking zone for a moment.

 

Now look down there at Matthew 21:22

 

Verse 22 says, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

Listen to what the Lord is telling you right here.

 

Jesus is straight forward; He is bold and confident in what He is saying to you. 

 

He says, “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

 

Jesus didn’t say some things, but instead, he said all things that you may desire to have in your life or have removed from your life; all you need to do is take them to the Lord in prayer.

 

Jesus said; when you come to me in prayer, leave your doubts outside the door.

 

Come boldly before the throne

 

Come with your faith strongly in tack

 

Come believing that whatsoever you are asking me for, you will receive it.

 

Come with a can do spirit

 

Know in your heart that I am a God of possibilities

 

And I will grant you the power to move that mountain

 

No mountain shall be too high for you to climb

 

 

To wide for you to cross over

 

To deep for you to go through

 

Command that mountain to be removed from your life and it shall be done.

 

Stop doubting

 

Stop using the negative

 

Thinking it is going to accent the positive

 

To move these mountains

 

You got to change your thinking

 

You got to get up and move out of your negative community

 

That means changing your friends

 

And in some cases

 

Changing your family members

 

You got to start a new thing

 

Jesus said he was going to do a new thing

 

Will you follow him

 

And start to believe in the impossible

 

Because nothing is impossible for the Lord

 

Nothing is to hard for the Lord

 

Don’t you want to get aboard this train of great possibilities

 

 

 Before it leaves the station.

 

God is able

 

Pick up your cross and follow the one who can do all things but fail

 

Remove the mountain of problems, stagnation, doubt, envy, greed, fear, jealousy, and unforgiving spirit.