In Whatever You Pray, Make Sure You Believe This!

Mark 11:22-24

.......because if you will believe this that Jesus is introducing to us, meaning that you devote yourself to it consistently, your prayer life will be changed as "this mountain" is removed. We know that it is possible for us to "ask amiss" (James 4:30). His counsel to remove "this mountain" takes away that which causes us to ask from a foggy perspective. Let me ask you: has everything you have asked the Father for, in the name of Jesus Christ, come to pass? What about what you say, have those words become fruitful? If not, our understanding may need refining. What it took Jesus three verses to explain turns out to be lifelong endeavor for His church! The good news is this: "this mountain" shrinks as you devote yourselves to this passage!

"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 (for this HIGH THING is in you), but believes (so) that those things he says (the removal of THIS MOUNTAIN) will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive and you will have".

I think we should consider to understand it this way: Therefore, Jesus says to us, in whatever things you ask for when you pray, believe that which you have received from Me in verse 23 and you will have it! Could He be saying: no matter what THING you think is important enough to ask for, THIS that I am attempting to get across to you is more/most important! With it you will be able to see Him more and more clearly and, eventually, face to face. Thanks and praise be to God in the name of Jesus Christ- this is a daily devotion and a faithful saying for me.