TEAR THE MOUNTAIN DOWN

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Wednesday 11th May 2016

Topic: Tear Down The Mountain

Text: "Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain,
saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and
I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll
thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a
burnt mountain (Jeremiah 51:25).
Jeremiah 51 describes how God would rise up
against Babylon. While this chapter speaks of
literal ancient Babylon, Revelation 17 depicts its
symbolic sense, which is that Babylon always
represents sin and resistance to God. Jeremiah
51:25 says God will burn the mountain of
Babylon. Then in Zechariah 4:7, the prophet also
tells the
mountain that it will become a plain, meaning
that it will be destroyed. Mountains always speak
of something considered immoveable, so God
destroying it makes the statement that all
resistance must bow to Him. The next question
is, what method did God use to destroy this
resistant mountain? Zechariah 4:7 says the Lord
instructed Zerubbabel to shout at the mountain
and cry grace to it. This brings more
understanding to when Jesus told His disciples
they could literally speak to the mountain to
remove it (see Mark 11:23-24). He was showing
that they had the power to tear the mountain
down or remove resistance by speaking.
You have the ability speak to the mountain
resisting you. It may be tempting to just keep
looking at it and give in to worry, but Jesus gave
you the power to speak to it. Go ahead, shout
and tear the mountain down!

PRAYER
Father, I make the decision to take my eyes off
every obstacle that would resist me. I tell the
mountain of ___________________ to leave today. I
shout grace and say the mountain shall become a
plain! In the Name of Jesus, amen!

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Judges 10-11; John 6:25-59; Psalm 59:1-8