Mark 11:22-26 “And Jesus answering saith unto them, 'Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.'”
Today's passages followed the account of Jesus cursing the fig tree after He came to it hungry and found no fruit. It really puzzled me as to why would He do this? The fig tree was only doing what it was designed to do, by God Himself!
Now, I've read this story many times before, and have heard it in sermons as well, but this morning I got a much deeper lesson from it that I could apply to my current situation. Jesus used the fig tree to demonstrate to the world the power of Faith, that with it we could do the phenomenal things such as order a mountain to throw itself into the sea!
The problem is this- we humans, most of us anyway, regardless of how strong our faith is, always have that tiny little doubt, and are waiting to see if what we pray for will really come to pass. Our minds forge a “plan B,” just in case. Add to that the likelihood that our hearts are harboring something against someone else and there you have it.
Father, please show me where I must forgive someone, so that I can remove all doubt, and open the doors of Your Blessing on me. In Jesus name, Amen
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