Daily Bread 1/21/2022

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Daily Bread – January 21, 2022 (The Sixth Day – Genesis 1:24-31) Matthew 21:21 – And Jesus replied and said to them, “I tell you most absolutely, if you have faith and do not waver, then not only will you do what has been done to this fig tree, but even if you say to the mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will be done.” How much more emphatic could Jesus have been about faith and the miraculous? Jesus made everything possible for those who would believe. He opened the door for us to believe for anything! Now, in view of this, truly we can believe for the miracles that testify of His resurrection and of His ongoing ministry. Just as Jesus said, “Not only will you do what has been done” He also said, “These works which I do, shall you do.” Then, furthermore, instead of Jesus just leaving it on the miraculous level of a withered fig tree and His own works, He pushes it to greater works and says, not only will you be able to do this same thing that I have done to the fig tree, you will do even more! You can say to this mountain be raised up and thrown into the sea and IT WILL BE DONE! Now tell me, who on earth is going to be willing to give themselves over so completely to the Holy Spirit so such faith can be developed – faith that can look at the great mountains and say, “Be lifted up!”, and there be no doubt or indecisiveness at all? Faith is miracle power. From the very beginning of the ministry of Jesus, faith was identified as the supernatural force behind every miracle (Matthew 8:5-13). If we are going to participate in the greatness of the Kingdom of God to which we have been called to, then we have to be willing to allow faith to be more than our philosophical beliefs and concepts of God. If we can be so developed in faith by the Holy Spirit that we can cast mountains into the sea, then surely we can cast out devils from those who are tormented by them. If we can command a tree to wither up and die, then we can also command cancer and diseases to wither up and die as well. Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen