SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS

1. Healing of a boy 

a) 14When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15"Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said, “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into he fire or into the water. 16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

b) 17“O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” 18Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

c) 19Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “ Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

d) 20He replied, “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you (21But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting)”. (Matt 17: 14 – 21 NIV)

2. Why couldn’t the disciples of Jesus drive out the demon from the boy?

a) Jesus’ reply was they had so little faith. The truth is that there was a mountain that the man faced concerning his son and this mountain could not be removed by the disciples of Jesus.

b) Mountains prevent you from getting to the other side. It keeps you within the boundary of your limitations, your insufficiency, your lack and your weaknesses. It also frustrates you because you are not able to burst out from the current situations.

c) Mountains could represent your financial debts, your strained relationship, your failing health, your failing business etc.

d) Jesus said if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to the mountains “Be moved” and it shall be removed. Nothing will be impossible for you.

3. King Cyrus

a) 1“This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: 2I will go before you and will level the mountains, I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. 3I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. (Isaiah 45: 1 – 3 NIV)

4. Prayer focus

a) Pray and speak to our mountains by faith, expecting our mountains to be removed.

b) We have this confidence because God says he will go before us and level our mountains, he will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. He will give us the treasures of darkness and riches stored in secret places.