And the mountains will obey you

Jesus expected his disciples to exercise dominion over the earth

Mark 11:20-25 (KJV)

Jesus cursed the fig tree to illustrate man’s dominion over creation.

God expects us to exercise dominion over the earth.

God gave man dominion over all the works of his hands. One of the things he said to do is subdue it, Genesis 1:28. He never took that dominion from Adam.

Mankind has been deceived out of their right to exercise dominion. Revelation 12:9 says Satan deceives the whole world

Satan twisted his tongue and taught him how to curse his course.

Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

Jesus stills the stormy seas

Mark 4:35-41

There is no doubt that Satan used a storm to try to stop Jesus from getting to the other side of the sea. JESUS rebukes the storm, and it dies down. There are some very powerful lessons in this event. Jesus expected his disciples to speak to the sea and calm it down.

How many disasters have the saints of God allowed to come into their region or cities simply because no one dared to speak to the storms?

Jesus said, “Have faith in God”

Faith does not come suddenly unless God grants you the gift of faith! Strong faith comes out of a lifestyle devoted to the worship of God.

Jesus talks about little faith. He said, “O ye of little faith.” He also, “Where is your faith.” He said, “Why did you doubt?”

We have all been through tests and trails, but we stayed the course and fought the good fight of faith.

Grace & peace!