Mountain...Who Are You?...
Finding Faith, Strength, and Authority to Move Your Mountains If you have lived long enough, you know that life comes with endless ebbs and flows—from sudden mechanical breakdowns to overwhelming personal trials where you wonder if Jesus is even listening. When one fire is put out, another seems to surface, leaving us to wonder why there are so many mountains to climb and valleys to travel. This powerful reflection reminds us that adversities are not without purpose. Through faith as small as a mustard seed, we gain the spiritual authority to bind doubt and fear, stand strong, and look our troubles straight in the eye to ask: Mountain, who are you?
COURAGE AND STRENGTHFAITHKNOWLEDGE
Mountain, Who Are You? Facing Life’s Valleys with Unshakable Faith
By now, you may have lived long enough to know that life has its ebbs and flows. Its up-and-down days, its "just not my day" days, and those "you gotta be kidding me?" moments, too.
The second you resolve one issue, extinguish another raging fire, or settle a difficult conflict, something unavoidably unfortunate surfaces yet again.
I've had this feeling for some time now. For example, the month my car warranty ended and I finally paid my vehicle off, everything one could imagine mechanically and electronically went wrong. I was ready to send my faithful carriage of five years over a cliff! I know there are many of you reading this with a smile of irony, yet in pain because you are currently facing so much more.
The Weight of Constant Testing
There are days we wonder if Jesus is even listening, and if so, does He really care?
Why so many mountains to climb?
Why so many dark valleys to travel?
How many more lessons are left to learn?
Life is a constant test, preparing us with profound spiritual lessons. There will be times in all of our lives when we must face our own personal mountains and valleys. No matter what walk of life we reside in, the perils and pitfalls of walking in faith will be tested.
Remember that no life goes untouched by troubles, trials, and tribulations. One could say we were all blessed—and entrusted—with these revelations since creation.
Finding Purpose in Adversity
In a parallel universe, all would be well in our lives all the time. We'd have no fear of loss, grief, or tragedy—but we also wouldn't fully understand the true sweetness and pleasure of spiritual joy.
There is a divine reason for our adversities. Through God, we are given:
The ability to discover life's deeper meanings
The strength to overcome its fiercest adversities
The authority to bind doubt, fear, and weakness
Speaking to Your Mountain
Because of who God is in us, we have the authority to climb our mountains, conquer our valleys, stand strong in faith, and with courageous boldness look directly at our troubles and ask:
"Mountain... WHO ARE YOU?!"
No matter how tall the obstacle or how deep the valley, it must bow to the power and grace of God. Amen.
S.K. Caraway, Director
thesonyakarolfoundation.org / sundaybelievers.org
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
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.