An Unexpected Faith // Having Faith that Moves Mountains, Part 3

<p>You know, most of us, when we hear about the sort of faith that moves mountains, most of us expect to move the mountains we want to move.  We expect to see the results, to benefit from them, to revel in them.  But that’s not always the way.</p> <h4><span style="color: #ff9900;">Well What Did You Expect? </span></h4> <p>It’s great to be back with you again this week – and if you had a chance to join me over the last couple of weeks, you’ll know that we’ve been taking a look at faith – the sort of faith that moves mountains. And we’ve had a good look at a couple of real life stories – the story of Abraham and Sarah – man, they definitely needed faith and yet they made so many boo boos along the way. And then, the story of an incompetent king and these four lepers – that was last week on the program. And both of those stories – well they weren’t what perhaps you may have expected.</p> <p>Abraham and Sarah were so imperfect in their faith. And then the story of the siege and God’s blessing – none of God’s people showed any faith at all, and then these four lepers with really no other alternative stumble out into God’s blessings. I wonder in a series called, "<em>Having Faith that Moves Mountains"</em> – what sort of stories did you expected? Stories about characters and people who’d shown this mighty faith? Stories of people, real people – who had such a mighty faith that they could single-handedly cast a mountain into the sea?</p> <p>And when you and I – when we look at our own lives and our own situations, what do we expect of ourselves? What sort of faith, what sort of journey do we expect?</p> <p>I’ll tell you what I expected when I gave my life to Jesus a decade and a half ago. I expected an easy ride. I expected that despite what the Bible said, despite what the preacher up the front said on Sunday mornings (and I was blessed with a really good teacher) and despite what happened to Jesus – I would have an easy ride of it.</p> <p>That I’d crash through brick walls. That the problems would go away. That everyt