SIMPLY ELEVATE SUMMER 2015 Summer 2015 | Page 77

While appreciating nature’s monumental beauty, the thought came to me that we have the power to move one or all of the mountains we were approaching. All we have to do is utilize it. I was reminded of the fact that Jesus said we have that power. If we have faith the mere size of a mustard seed, we could move mountains. Nothing is impossible. I then thought, faith is our power. So why aren’t we using what we already have? Jesus says if we speak to the mountain it will move. What he says is truth because He only speaks what he hears The Father speak. If God said it and Jesus repeated it, who are we to doubt it? Hebrews 12:2 says He is the author and the finisher of our faith; therefore, we know we have faith. The question is, what are we doing with it? Are we using it? Or is it lying dormant waiting for faith-filled words to be spoken? Is it waiting for us to take action? Where is the faith? Faith is our power to manifest God’s promises into the natural realm. If we’re not getting the results we ask, seek and pray for we must ask ourselves if we’re truly speaking in faith. The same power that rose Jesus from the dead resides in us, but why isn’t it working? I once asked God that very question. Within hours I discovered a faith teaching by Dr. Creflo Dollar entitled God’s Creative Power. He talks about how our spirit, soul and body must be in alignment for our power to manifest in the natural. Fear, doubt and unbelief will counteract faith, it will be hindered. It will not work. We all have faith, but my faith is mine and your faith is yours. I cannot work your measure of