IF YOU FACE A MOUNTAIN OF FEAR, YOU HAVE TO SAY, “FEAR, I COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE. I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU IN MY LIFE

JOE OSTEEN’S MINISTERIES

18/08/24

GOSPEL CORNER

Today’s Scripture
“Whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”
Mark 11:23, NKJV

MOUNTAIN REMOVAL
We all face mountains in life, things that seem big and permanent. It may be a mountain in your marriage, your finances, your health, or your dreams. It’s good to ask God to help you, but you may be praying about things you should be speaking to. If you don’t speak to your mountains, your mountains will talk to you. All through the day, those negative thoughts will come. They are your mountains talking to you. If you face a mountain of fear, you have to say, “Fear, I command you to leave. I will not allow you in my life.” If it’s a health problem, you have to declare to that sickness, “Sickness, you have no right in my body. I’m not asking you to leave. I’m commanding you to leave my body.” When you speak words of faith based upon the authority of the Son of God, something happens in the unseen realm. The mighty armies of the Most High God will stand behind you. The forces of darkness will be defeated. Those mountains will be removed.

Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You for the power that You give my words to change my life. Help me to give my faith a voice by speaking words of life and blessing over myself and my future daily. I declare that You are greater than any mountain I face. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

I am sure that you have heard a lot of teaching on fearing the Lord. I do believe in a reverential honor of the Lord. But I am not for any kind of teaching that promotes this idea that God wants you to be afraid of Him.

God delights in having us close to Him. He welcomes us to dwell in His secret place, to be so close to Him that we come under His shadow. These are all pictures of intimacy.

In any relationship, fear and intimacy cannot coexist. If you fear God today, you won’t be able to believe Him for His protection. That is why it is so important for you to be strong and established in His grace.

The author of the book of Hebrews says, “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb. 4:16). This is a picture of the ark of the covenant, God’s throne of grace.

Because our Lord’s blood has been shed on the mercy seat, today, we can come boldly into His presence without any sense of inferiority or shame, and receive His favor, His supply, His protection, and His help in our time of need.

Jesus defined the fear of the Lord as the worship of the Lord. In the wilderness temptation, Jesus responded to the devil by saying, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve'” (Matt. 4:8–10). Our Lord was quoting from Deuteronomy 6:13, which says, “You shall fear the LORD your God and serve Him.” Our Lord substituted the word “fear” with the word “worship.”

Jesus was showing us how to accurately understand the fear of the Lord. In the new covenant, it has nothing to do with being afraid of the Lord; it has everything to do with coming into His presence with boldness and worshiping Him.

Stop living in fear, my friend. Instead, follow our Lord wholly like Caleb did and worship His wonderful name.

The prayer of protection in Psalm 91 is a psalm of worship. When you worship Jesus, all your fears will fade away. When you worship Him, the angel of the Lord encamps around you like a shield of protection. When you worship your Savior, His Spirit of wisdom and counsel will lead and guide you with rivers of peace!