Lessons of Faith

In the morning, they passed by the fig tree that Jesus spoke to and it was completely withered from the roots up. Peter remembered and said to him, “Teacher, look! That’s the fig tree you cursed. It’s now all shriveled up and dead.” Jesus replied, “Let the faith of God be in you! Listen to the truth I speak to you: Whoever says to this mountain with great faith and does not doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’ and believes that what he says will happen, it will be done. This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, if you find that you carry something in your heart against another person, release him and forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also release you and forgive you of your faults. But if you will not release forgiveness, don’t expect your Father in heaven to release you from your misdeeds.”

We all at times have "Mountains " or very large obstacles that seem to big for us to handle. The question is why did Jesus curse the fig tree? The simple answer is it was not inline with the will of God. Anything that come at you and is not God's will for your life can be an obstacle. Which can seem to be a mountain in stature. Jesus said, "Let the faith of God be in you ." There are translations that say, "Have the God kind of faith." This is so foundational to our faith and daily lives as we deal with the obstacles that come before us. We have this assurance "promise" that if we speak, believe,  and walk in that we have already received that which we prayed for.

Amen