“And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.””
Mark 11:22-25 ESV
I feel like for the past few months I’ve been praying like I was making a wish. Like I didn’t really think God would answer my prayer, but I needed to make sure he knew what I wanted. It was all out of selfishness and doubt. This passage speaks volumes to me. Why would God answer my prayer if I didn’t even believe that he would? It’s silly looking back at it.. how I would say, “God please give me this,” but in the back of my mind I thought, “there’s no way, though”. I had such little faith in the God who created me and has given me everything when I deserve nothing. It only resulted in me thinking of myself rather than focusing on the kingdom of God. This verse was like a wake up call. I hope this scripture encourages everyone else as much as it has encouraged me. God is amazing and powerful. Don’t undermine what he can do.
