“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. Matthew 17:20

 

Sherry’s favorite place to be is in the mountains. She says, “Staring at those magnificent mountains, it is easy to feel very small and insignificant.”

 

Sherry acknowledges that, “Mountains are huge and appear to be unmovable.”  But Sherry is a follower of Jesus, so she’s reminded that He said if we had faith “even as small as a mustard seed, [we] could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible” (Matthew 17:20).

In the crush of this life, it’s easy to forget that God is still in the business of moving mountains. Sherry writes, “The issue isn’t the size of our faith (the tiniest bit will suffice). It is the object of our faith that controls the outcome. When our faith is rooted in Christ, we have undefinable power at our disposal. He just wants to see us engaged through prayer. E.M. Bounds once commented, ‘Only God can move mountains, but faith and prayer move God.’”[1]

What mountains need moving in your life today? Is an important relationship in your life broken? Are there real, unmet financial needs or someone that you love who’s sick? We can move the heart of God through prayer that recognizes Who God is. We can also encourage the mustard seeds of faith in each another as Sherry did through her writing.

There’s a beautiful, faith-building call born out of the experience in the African American church. Worshippers ask one another: Won’t He do it? And the response is: Yes, He will! Jesus follower, let’s remind one another that He’s said He will move those mountains.

Won’t He do it? Yes, He will!

[1] Worel, S. (2023, August 9). He still moves mountains. www.sherryworel.com. https://www.sherryworel.com/he-still-moves-mountains/