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
