Mover of Mountains—Breaker of Chains

Get ready to find out how you’re called to be a mover of mountains–breaker of chains…

Now I say to you that
you are Peter (which means ‘rock’),
and upon this rock
I will build my church,
and all the powers of hell
will not conquer it.
~Matthew 16:18 NLT

Last night I woke up to yet another allergic reaction to a medication I was put on last week to combat a reaction to a dental procedure. My tongue felt swollen and I feared the constricting sensation in my throat. I know what it’s like to have severe allergic reactions that have landed me in the hospital, twice.

Staying up to see if it would pass, I took a shower, googled and prayed. At one point I felt the sensations decreasing and ok to lay down. I fell back asleep.

So, let’s just say… I didn’t go to bed thinking of gum drops and lullabies 🙂 BUT… God woke me up in the morning with the words of a song playing in my head that gave me hope to all the situations in my life that had probably helped to trigger allergic reactions in my body (stress has a way of doing that).

“Mover of Mountains, Breaker of Chains”
was sounding off like a record player skipping on repeat.

Mover of Mountains

I don’t know if you’re like me, but I have a few mountains that need moving. Mountains in the realm of the Rockies… looming large over the valley below. Struggles that can overwhelm, steal my sleep and rob my joy… without God’s voice in my life.

With God’s voice in my life, problems are dwarfed in the magnitude of His greatness, His goodness, His presence. Through reading Laura Harris Smith’s book, Seeing The Voice of God, I know that waking dreams, songs or thoughts in your mind are very important and you shouldn’t discount them.

Breaker of Chains

Thankfully, Google helped me find the right song that I was hearing. The lyrics of You Cannot be Stopped were like a healing balm to my heart and emotions. As the song kept repeating “There’s nothing that can stop our God”. I was reminded of today’s verse. NOTHING can stop God, not His plans, purposes or His church.

Nothing Can Stop Our God

I’m comforted to know that the church isn’t a building as our brains like to think. The church in the original Greek used in this verse is “ekklesia” or in literal terms, “to call out from or to.”^{1 “}The church” refers to the people God has called out, to live for Him… that’s YOU! God is building His church on the rock of your life… well, He wants to!

Mover of Mountains—Breaker of Chains

It should comfort you to know that God doesn’t just tell you that you can do something, He promises to show you the way. In the next verse, right after today’s verse, Jesus assures you of the authority you hold over your life; when He says, “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19) In Mark 11:23, Jesus also emphasized a believer’s authority when He said, “I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.”

Because God’s given you the keys to unlock the doors that keep you bound and the authority to move mountains, you can be like Zerubbabel who helped lead the re-building of the temple after the Israelites came out of captivity. If you press on, your legacy will be talked about like his.

“Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’” (Zechariah 4:7)

You have what it takes. Now, use your key and open the door that is holding you bound because God wants to show Himself as the, “Mover of Mountains—Breaker of Chains” in and through you!

Prayer

Father… Help me to believe in the truth of Your Word and the authority you’ve given me to govern my life. Help me not to fall into self-pity and low-level-living when you’ve promised a mountain-moving, chain-breaking ability for me to access. May I discern… and use the keys You’ve placed in Your Word for me to live an overcoming life. In Jesus Name…Amen

DRAWING FROM THE WELL

Matthew 16:18
Matthew 16:19 connected to: Isaiah 22:22 and Revelations 3:7
Mark 11:23 (similar in Matthew 21:21)
Zechariah 4:7

#musicpic SONG: You Cannot Be Stopped by Phil Wickham, Chris Quilala
Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/T2a0QW4V0aM
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