Refined - Finding Joy in the Midst of the FireSample

When a flame-throwing, lava-spitting mountain stands in your way, this passage from the Gospel of Mark reveals the strategy that is needful. First of all, talk to the mountain! Tell the mountain to move and to be cast into the sea. Speaking to immovable mountains is one of the most fulfilling conversations that one can have this side of Heaven.

However, talking to a mountain is not enough, because you must make sure that there is no doubt in your heart when you begin to boss mountains around! The words that you speak must be birthed from a place of absolute trust and faith. As you stare down that gargantuan and immovable mountain and begin to tell the mountain where to go, I have found that the most powerful declarations I can make are found in the Word of God.

God, whose words caused the great rocks of mountains to tower over valleys and the plains, still has the authority in His Word to determine the location of mountains.

After speaking to the towering mountains that block your progress in life, you must determine to talk to God. Prayer is simply a conversation between a person and God; it is a heartfelt exchange between a child and his or her Father. Prayer is, if nothing else, a conversation where a miracle is birthed.

The potential power that is unleashed in prayer is most often experienced when the child repeats back to the Father the promises of His own heart. Prayer, then, becomes the same verbiage that was used in speaking to mountains.

“Father, You promised that I can do all things because You have given me Your strength.”

“Father, Your Word says that it is not Your will that one should perish, so I ask You to save my son, in Jesus’ name.”

“Father, thank You for promising that You would never leave me nor forsake me.”