Meditate
On
And
Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed
has withered away.” So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For
assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast
into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things
he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”
Mark
11:21–23
Move Your Mountains
Like
many believers, you may have heard the teaching on mountain-moving faith based
on Mark 11:22–23. I don’t know about you, but it always intrigued me: Why did
Jesus curse the fig tree before He taught on mountain-moving faith?
One
day, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes. The first time fig leaves are mentioned in
the Bible, they speak of self-righteousness—after Adam sinned, he covered
himself with fig leaves. Adam’s covering was a bloodless one, and without the
shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins (Hebrews 9:22). That’s why God
had to clothe him with animal skin instead, which meant the shedding of
innocent blood. One speaks of righteousness by works, while the other speaks of
righteousness by the shed blood of the Lamb.
So
the fig tree here is a picture of self-righteousness. And what Jesus was saying
is that before your faith can flow like a river, you have to curse (or get rid
of) self-righteousness in your life and embrace His gift of righteousness!
Beloved,
keep believing, meditating on and declaring that you are righteous in Christ
apart from your works. This revelation is what causes faith for every
breakthrough you need to rise effortlessly in your heart, and the mountains in
your life to move!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH
PRINCE
