Why Your Mountain Won’t Move-your Mountain is Magnified

One of the greatest hindrances to your mountain (obstacle) not moving is not fully believing that the Lord is greater than any struggle, sickness, disease, etc. that is standing in your way. We often say that “there is nothing too hard for God,” but do we truly believe that in our hearts? When the Lord revealed to us in Luke 1:37, “For with God nothing will be impossible.” That is exactly what He meant.

So, why do we find ourselves magnifying our mountains instead of magnifying the Lord? It really goes back to the parable that Jesus teaches us regarding the Sower found in Matthew 13:3-9. The type of ground that I want to highlight from this parable is stony ground, let’s take a look at the explanation that Jesus gives us regarding stony ground.

Matthew 13:20-21 details, “But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.” Jesus gives us the perfect description of why we don’t believe that God can move our mountain.

When we don’t have His Word rooted and planted in our hearts and minds, the trials and tribulations of life will cause us to stumble. That word “stumble” being used means: to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert One whom he ought to trust and obey, causing that person to fall away. In other words, your lack of Faith in Christ allows your mountain (obstacle) to doubt Him.

The bigger the mountain the bigger your doubt seems to become! That is exactly what the enemy wants to happen. That is why it seems like you get thrown one storm after another and after another. He knows that if he can get you to distrust the Lord, then he has you right where you wants you…bound!

During our storms we need to get into the habit of magnifying the Name of the Lord more than we magnify our problems. Psalm 69:30 gives us the example of what we need to be doing, and it states, “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” In this Psalm we can see that David is letting us know that one way to magnify the Lord is by thanking Him.

What has He done in your life? How many times has He brought you out of a pit that you were in when there seemed to be no way out? The very fact that each one of us has breath in our bodies is a Blessing all by itself and we need to thank Him for it, daily! As you begin to praise His Name and list out all of the amazing ways that He has shown up in your life, your mountain will begin to seem insignificant.

The fact remains, if He did it before, He will do it again! You have to believe that He is not a Man that would lie, if He said it, He will do it, Numbers 23:19. Whatever you are facing regardless of how great it may seem is no problem for the Lord. We serve a Big God that loves every single one of His children and will come through on His promises.

What does God have to say about our mountain? Let’s take a look at the very passage of Scripture that discloses to us exactly what the Lord has to say about the Mountain that is in our way!