What happens when you speak to the mountain and God’s doesn’t see fit to move it? That is a very good question and could be considered contradictory. I have written two articles which deal with both sides of this question. Speak to the Mountain and then Lord, Don’t Move This Mountain. It is not contradictory but may be a little bit hard to understand.
Psalm 135: 5 I know the greatness of the Lord-
that our Lord is greater than any other god.
6 The Lord does whatever pleases him
throughout all heaven and earth,
and on the seas and in their depths.
7 He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.
God is in control. He knows what is going to happen. He knows our every choice before we make it even though He gives us the free will of choice.
When we are in the right heart and mind we will pray and want the things that God wants. That is why we ask God’s will be done at the end of every prayer. We do not have the wisdom nor the ability to handle everything that we truly thing we want, notice I didn’t say need. That also can go for some things that we think we need that God doesn’t seem to think we need or that we do not need them as of yet.
God does answer every one of our prayers. He may answer it “yes”, “no” or “wait patiently;” but he does answer them all. We may think we have the faith to move a mountain but then it may not be moved for the reason God wants us to climb it to become stronger and learn more life lessons from the climb. Sometimes moving a mountain would be the easy way out and we would not learn the lesson that we needed to learn to help us with the next challenge in our life.
I can hear you right now saying, but your one article says “If you have faith as a grain of mustard seem, you can tell this mountain to move and it will move immediately.” Are you taking the easy way out by saying it is not God’s will to move this mountain? Well, it is difficult to understand if you are not mature in the Lord and it is still a mystery at times. God knows the best for us and if we are praying for God’s will then the best may be to climb the mountain and see what lesson God is teaching us through this climb. God may have others watching us as we face this mountain and they are learning from our way of handling this mountain. As I have said many times, “Our lives may be the only Bible some people will ever read.” Be sure someone is watching you and how you handle yourself when facing these mountains.
This is no “cop out” of any sort. This is totally giving ourselves to God and allowing God to do a work in our lives. As Jesus prayed when He was at the Garden of Gethsemane, He said in Mark 14:32-42, ” — ..Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt — ..” See even Jesus prayed for that mountain to be moved and God did not see fit but Jesus was willing to accept it and climb that mountain if it was in God’s will. Yes, it was God’s will for Jesus to be faced with this mountain because Jesus did this and died for everyone of our sins. So it is very evident if Jesus had to face a mountain like that that it is very much evident that we will face many mountains in our lifetime with God right by our side. We are not climbing these mountains by ourselves but yet are becoming better Christians because of them when God doesn’t see fit to move those mountains. When we speak to these mountains we are telling them that they are not bigger than our God. We are telling them God is bigger than any mountain that we could face. The outcomes may not be what we want or the mountain may not be moved but we are facing them with God by our side and knowing that Jesus has already faced these mountains before us. So go ahead and speak to these mountains with the faith to move them! You can move them by making them smaller because our God is so BIG! You can make the mountains seem to be moved because by allowing God to handle the situation and carry us to the top of the mountain that mountain seems like a molehill. Better yet, an anthill and you can stomp it with the love of God and the mercy and grace of God! So, yes, speak to those mountains and tell them they are nothing but molehills or anthills and then stomp them with the mercy and grace of God and say, My God is an Awesome God! My God is bigger than your god(satan)! Praise the Lord!