This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (teresas@xc.org)

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Mountain Moving Faith

Not by might, not by power, but by my spirit says the Lord. The mountains are moved by my spirit and by my power. So why is it, then, that you look at the mountain that blocks your path and you say to yourself "I cannot move that"? Of course you can not! You were never expected to. For it is always my spirit that moves the mountains.

Do not look at the obstacles that lay before you. Look rather to me.. for I am able to move all mountains, I am able to deal with all obstacles. You cannot do it in your own strength... and you were never expected to. Lean on me, draw from my strength.

Watch me and see how I will glorify my name in your situations. For I have permitted obstacles to come before some of you. For others, I have caused them to come, that you might be forced to put your trust wholeheartedly in me. The bigger the obstacle, the larger the measure of faith that will be granted to you if you come to me and ask me for it. I desire to show you how capable I am. I desire to demonstrate to you that I am trustworthy. And I want you to look to me, not to your own resources.

Children, this is a time and a season where I am causing many of you to learn to walk by faith. So I am allowing the obstacles to come before you. And I desire that you come to me for direction, and that you wait on me for my timing -- for my timing is not your timing. Almost always you want it NOW rather than in my timing. Instead, trust me to know the times and seasons, and trust me to work my glory in each of your situations.

Now, this does not come without a price, child of mine. I demand your complete commitment to me. I expect total obedience. And I expect you to cooperate with me as I work deep in your hearts and souls to transform you into the image of my son. But in return for that, you will see an increase in your ability to hear my voice clearly. You will see an increase in my anointing upon you. You will see yourself walking in a larger measure of my authority. And you will see the mountains that are before move into the sea, that they no longer be an obstacle before your path as you walk in my ways.

Do not look to the mountains. Do not look to the obstacles. Look to me! And watch me glorify my name in your midst.