Say to the mountain part 1

Say to the mountain Part 1

A dear friend also facing down cancer wondered how people without God got through journeys like ours.

I just thought to share this about one aspect of my approach to prayer in specific matters while i faced cancer and the whole course of treatment 

Matt 21:21 is often quoted

“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 so I did, as soon as the diagnosis was given,  “ say to the mountain called cancer to be gone. “ But then Holy Spirit gave me a different perspective. Another way to “move the mountain” is to break it down and this is also biblical. 

I was reminded that Jesus used different ways when He healed people. For example with one blind man he spat on ground, made mud with the spittle and placed the mud on the man’s eyes then told him to go wash in the pool of Siloam. (John 9:6) With another, Bartimeous of Jerico, He simply spoke and healing occurred. ( Mark 10:46-52) I realised that my healing might be by way of breaking down the mountain. 

Isaiah 41:15-16 says

“See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth.

You will thresh the mountains and crush them,

 and reduce the hills to chaff.

16 You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,

 and a gale will blow them away.

But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.”

God makes us a threshing sledge. In those days a threshing sledge was a contraption that had rocks fixed to its underside. The people hauled the sledges over the fields at harvest time n the sledge crushed the grain, allowing the chaff to be separated from the grain. Then the chaff would be blown away. 

I understood that when ( not if) God makes me into a new “threshing sledge” He would enable me to crush the “mountain”.  His promise is that I WOULD crush the mountain. No ifs or maybes. There would have to be effort and persistence and unwavering faith in His Word on my part. 

Continued in the next post