Matthew 17:14-21:
And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him. And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
I am learning that “this mountain” does not have to refer to a physical obstacle, though that is how I’ve heard it preached many times.
I am learning that “this mountain” is my heart. I have to remind it every single day that faith has moved it to a new place.
“Good morning, Heart. Let me explain where your moving today, just in case you forgot overnight….”
Where do you have to tell your heart to move?


6 responses to “Moving Mountains”
What a great question! I will be reflecting on this quite a bit today. Too many times my heart is focused selfishly on me!
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Good, friend! So good!! It depends on the moment…on the day…on the struggle at hand! And it varies! Today my heart needs to be moved to a place of contentment in our LORD, ALONE…not in friendships, not in places, not in circumstances….in our LORD.
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i LOVE this analogy. lately, i need to remind my heart to move to the place of God’s strength – to get through the day with schooling – and for patience. i.do.not.like.february. it’s almost over! spring is near!
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Very good question. Mostly my heart needs to turn around and look out instead of in. Focus on Jesus and others instead of myself…
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Move away from indulgence over to denial…move out of this world and focus on the next…to things unseen…things eternal…me decreasing, Jesus increasing…less me, all Him!
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Oh, this is good.
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