FACING
MOUNTAINS
MEMORY
VERSE
Who
art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he
shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace
unto it.
Zechariah 4:7
READ
Numbers 14:1-4
Numbers 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried;
and the people wept that night.
Numbers 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had
died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers 14:3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to
fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it
not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and
let us return into Egypt.
MESSAGE
Once in a while we are faced with mountains, but
the question is: How do you handle the mountain confronting you? It is possible
while facing a mountain to turn back and refuse to continue moving forward.
This was the initial response of the children of Israel in Numbers 14:1-4. They
encountered a mountain and they decided to go back to Egypt. This is a very
wrong way to handle a mountain. Is somebody standing in your way, hindering you
from achieving success on a given project? Have you resolved to dump the
project because of that? Those who give up after encountering a mountain are
feeble hearted and still relying on their limited strength. Hebrews 10:38 says
if you turn back from a divine course, you will cease to be God's delight. He
will no longer have pleasure in you. Have you down tools, stopped work,
returned from your field of assignment or gone into your shell because you met
a mountain on your way? Immediately go back to that assignment and restart what
you stopped before God changes His mind concerning you! Never quit an
assignment, good deed or project because of a mountain. It is just too
negligible compared to our God!
Another response to progress challenging mountains
is to walk along the base of such mountains. Such response is a wasted effort.
When you have a problem and you do nothing about it other than to keep staring
at it and wondering what to do about the problem, you are simply walking along
its base. Also, when you have a problem but you either ignore it or say
disheartened prayers about it, you are only walking along its base. Such weak
efforts will be wasted. Closely allied to this, is a situation where you try to
solve a problem by applying the wrong measures. You will surely get nothing out
of such efforts! Turn your problem to the Lord and He will take care of them.
ACTION
POINT
It is the right step that gives you result, not just any step. Ask for
grace to always take the right step in handling mountains
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ReplyDeleteOh Lord i ask for the grace to take the right step in handling mountains.
ReplyDeleteLord give me d grace to face every challenges of life nd not walk along the base IJMN
ReplyDeleteLord give me that grace.
ReplyDeleteLord, from this day I will face every mountain and conquer it.I will not walk on its base neither will I turn away from it nd nt move forward.lord give me the grace IJN
ReplyDeleteOh the grace to level all mountains before me by ur divine guidance ,I seek Oh Lord
ReplyDeleteLord give me the grace to face all my challenges
ReplyDeleteDear Lord, give me the grace to turn over every problem in my life to you at all times
ReplyDeleteFather, give me that grace to always take the right step. AMEN
ReplyDeleteFather I refuse to quit. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. No obstacle is strong enough to stop my progress because I have the Almighty by my side. The Lord's fire goes before me now and consume every barrier on my way to promise land in Jesus' name. I am unstoppable in Jesus' name.
ReplyDeleteAlmighty God, I pray for grace to ve de right step of handling mountains.
ReplyDeleteFather, grant me grace to always take the right step in handling problems in Jesusu Name.
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