“…say unto ‘this’ mountain, Be thou removed, and be cast unto the sea…” ~ Mk. 11:23
I am aware in our prayer life there are many things in which we need to let the Lord make the choice, as David did on one occasion. But the Bible also teaches that there are prayers that need to be specific. Our text is a good example. Jesus is plainly teaching specificity in prayer. It was not just any mountain, but “…’this’ mountain.”
When the disciples asked Jesus, “teach us to pray,” He told them a story of a man in need, who asked a friend for a definite number of loaves of bread. Then He went on to say that if they ask for bread, fish, or an egg, He will not give them something opposite from that thing they asked for.
Let us not be afraid to ask God for particular things that we need in our lives and ministries. And, yes, He also gives those things we desire, at times. If Amazon can deliver to you the exact item you ordered from a catalogue, I am sure our God in Heaven can send us whatever we have ordered from His Book.
Do we not yet understand how important answered prayer is to God? Jesus said, “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
by an Old Disciple of Jesus Christ