"O for grace to trust Him more!"

Do you believe that mountains can move? I mean, really. Do you believe that if I pray for a mountain to move, it really could just up and move?

You see, I believe that because the Bible says it's true. But if I were to measure my belief based on what my prayers look like, it wouldn't appear that I really do. In fact, I spend most of my prayers praising Him for His power and then asking Him to move a mole hill.

I love in the hymn "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" when it says:

"Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!

How I've proved Him o'er and o'er!"

But have I proved Him? I mean, not that He needs to prove Himself. But is my life really a display of Jesus moving and Jesus working and Jesus saving and Jesus changing and Jesus, Jesus, Jesus? Do I ask big things of God--big things that make it obvious when He accomplishes them that He was the only Mover of that mountain and as a result gets all the glory?

Do I actually doubt that the Uncreated One who carved the mountains, named the galaxies, designed the human eye, and makes every cell do its job--do I seriously doubt that He could really accomplish these seemingly impossible feats? Am I so quick to spend time in prayer praising Him for His infinite power and jealous love and yet so quick to shy away from any prayer that I can't foresee an answer to?

And I hear the voices of men from generations past who prayed to the same God and were heard.

"Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them."

Hudson Taylor

"God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible--What a pity that we plan only things we can do by ourselves."

A.W. Tozer

"God has great things in store for His people; they ought to have large expectations."

Charles Spurgeon

"Faith does not operate in the realm of the possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith begins where man’s power ends."

George Muller

Yes, Lord, You have the power to move mountains or empty oceans or accomplish whatever it is that You want to accomplish. And You have the power to change my heart. yes, even to change me. "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!"

"Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!

O for grace to trust Him more!"