If Faith Can Move a Mountain

  I heard a song on my way home tonight that immediately had me in tears. I know when something like this moves me, it's God wanting to take me deeper into what truth it is that is stirring up my heart. I believe He is wanting me to just talk about the topic of growing in faith. 
  Faith is like that first step in becoming a Christian, as a lot of us learned growing up. Without faith it is impossible to please God. I remember thinking "Well of course I want to please God, I better learn more about this faith thing." I would read books that touched the subject, listen to sermons on faith, etc. I always thought I had enough faith that I believed in Jesus so I was good, but even demons believe. What I have more recently been desiring is the faith that can tell a mountain to move and see it be done. 

 Testimony time! 

  As a kid, I would randomly get sick in the middle of the night. This had happened as long as I can remember. I would either shake badly, feel nauseated, or actually vomit. I used to think it was certain foods I ate, but it was hard to find a pattern. Doctors couldn't give me answers. I finally gave up and just accepted that "this is just something I have to live with." There was unnecessary anxiety that always seemed to grip me when these spells would come on. For example, I was thirteen when I would feel overwhelmed with the thought of going to college or moving away from home. It literally hit me out of nowhere. After sleeping off the sickness, I was perfectly fine the next day. It wasn't until a few months ago that I was getting sick almost twice a week that I realized I was under attack. I asked my cell group to pray over this. I also began praying fervently and believing for my healing. This had been a mountain that I have faced pretty much my entire life. I can now say that it has been 3 full months since I've been sick, thank you God!! I am continually believing that He has already moved this mountain and it will never have a hold on my life and health.

  This is just one testimony of many where I chose to say, "God, you are able" in a situation that presented itself as a mountain. Now, there are also many times where I took things in my own hands and failed miserably. I had to learn to speak the Word of God and believe it is alive enough to saturate my situation. You will never hear of a situation where I stepped out on the water when He asked and sunk. It won't happen. His faithfulness will always come to embrace our trust. Here's how crazy good He is though, even when our trust is basically non-existent, He still chooses to demonstrate His faithfulness. We have such a good Daddy! 
  God is the author and perfecter of our faith. Even that blows my mind. He scripts the very mountains that come up in our life and He sees the ways in which they can deepen our faith when WE choose to speak for them to move. The mountain can be anything...emotional, spiritual, physical, mental, relational, etc. I have at least one testimony for every area, and there will be more to come. I personally desire the faith that is not only enough for my life, but enough for my family and friends. Where doubt can be easily recognized and defeated. Where fear is cast as far as the east is from the west, because God did not leave it as an inheritance for His children. When I can even begin to grasp the fact that our days are numbered, it makes me so much more headstrong to let faith prevail. There's simply no time for fear!  
  I pray for anyone reading this that God you live your life in a way that you experience this very verse: 
Philippians 4:^11 "I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. ¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry,whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

The beauty of this verse are the words "through Him." There are very dark hours in our lives. There are heartaches that are beyond words. There are situations that appear impossible. It can be hard to believe anything when we rely on what we are feeling in these moments. There's a reason He tells us our heart is deceitful and to not rely on our own understanding. All I have ever found to be worth clinging to in those times are His promises. He won't ignore us when we call out to Him. He will never leave nor abandon us, even if we feel abandoned because the enemy will try to tell us that we are. God is a God of His word. He equips us with a strength beyond any we could muster up. In every season, He is God. He is worthy of our trust. There is no safer place to leave it than in His hands. May fear never cause us to resist where He is calling us. 


Here's the awesome song :) 

"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"

You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
[x6]

I will call upon Your Name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine