It appeared that nothing more could be done,
the end seemed near,
they decided to
walk away.
A mountain of problems had piled up.
And then it happened . . .
an idea came to them.
One more try,
did not make sense;
however,
they had nothing more to lose.
Problems become mountains.
Is there something more that can be done when problems become impassable mountains in our life?
To see beyond the mountain, we need to first see the presence of God.
The thing is . . . the mountain of problems often block our view of God . . . as the problems begin to overpower faith.
Humanity has struggled since the beginning of time
with faith that God is present and more powerful than what we are facing.
In a conversation with religious rulers, the people were told not to believe that God would come and be in their midst:
Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up. "Does our Law decide about a man's guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?"
But they cut him off. "Are you also campaigning for the Galilean? Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee."
Then they all went home. (John 7:50-53, The Message)
God is present, regardless of the acknowledgement of humanity.
God invites humanity to faith that moves mountains. . . in the presence, power, and peace of God:
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.
Accept the invitation to faith, even as small as a mustard seed.
Move
the
mountain.
Learning with you to move mountains,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2009 All Rights Reserved)
