I read an article on another website today with a headline “Can Faith Really Move Mountains?”. The author was trying to explain that you need to read the entire Matthew 17 an understand the context of the text. To give you a background if you are not familiar with the text, in Matthew 10, Jesus gave his disciples the authority to cast out evil spirits from others. A father approached the disciples to cast out a demon from his daughter and they could not manage. Jesus then chastises them for their lack of faith and says that this is the only reason why they could not defeat the demon and explains to them that if you had the faith of a mustard seed you could move mountains.
Reading this within context still doesn’t answer the question, “Can Faith Really Move Mountains?”. The answer is simple, yes faith can really move mountains. I am sure most have read “The Secret” or “Mind Power in the 21st Century”. In these books the authors teach us the power of the mind to achieve our dreams. There are several techniques like visualization and seeding, affirmations and many more to help you believe that you have already achieved this success. This is a way of programming your mind to believe that you have and can achieve whatever feat you are trying to achieve to create the confidence to do so. The main principles of these texts are the same… “Ask, Believe and Receive”.
To break it down quickly, the steps are as follows:
1. You need to ask, in this step you need to identify what it is you want or want to achieve (usually the easiest step).
2. The second step is to use techniques to “convince” yourself that you have already achieved success or your goal (this is where -belief or faith comes in).
3. Lastly you need to be open to receive your bounty.
No going back to Matthew 17:20 and the question at hand, “Can Faith Really Move Mountains?”. Nowhere in the text does it say that the mountain will get up and move on its own. I believe, in context, what Jesus was telling his disciples is that should you believe that the mountain can be moved then God will make the way known to you. Look at our world today, do we or have we not moved mountains of dirt? If we want to build a new freeway or a new building we move mountains of dirt to do so and this is proof that faith can move mountains.
In conclusion, I believe that faith can move mountains, not by itself but God will give you the way if you believe. Anything is possible if you have faith and a belief that it can be done.
Reading this within context still doesn’t answer the question, “Can Faith Really Move Mountains?”. The answer is simple, yes faith can really move mountains. I am sure most have read “The Secret” or “Mind Power in the 21st Century”. In these books the authors teach us the power of the mind to achieve our dreams. There are several techniques like visualization and seeding, affirmations and many more to help you believe that you have already achieved this success. This is a way of programming your mind to believe that you have and can achieve whatever feat you are trying to achieve to create the confidence to do so. The main principles of these texts are the same… “Ask, Believe and Receive”.
To break it down quickly, the steps are as follows:
1. You need to ask, in this step you need to identify what it is you want or want to achieve (usually the easiest step).
2. The second step is to use techniques to “convince” yourself that you have already achieved success or your goal (this is where -belief or faith comes in).
3. Lastly you need to be open to receive your bounty.
No going back to Matthew 17:20 and the question at hand, “Can Faith Really Move Mountains?”. Nowhere in the text does it say that the mountain will get up and move on its own. I believe, in context, what Jesus was telling his disciples is that should you believe that the mountain can be moved then God will make the way known to you. Look at our world today, do we or have we not moved mountains of dirt? If we want to build a new freeway or a new building we move mountains of dirt to do so and this is proof that faith can move mountains.
In conclusion, I believe that faith can move mountains, not by itself but God will give you the way if you believe. Anything is possible if you have faith and a belief that it can be done.
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