Power to Plant and Uproot

UV 3370/10000 Power to Plant and Uproot
And the Lord said, “ If you have confidence, abiding faith in God even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree which has very strong roots, “ Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea’: and if the request was in agreement with the will of God, it would have obeyed you.

Luke 17 v 6



A one per cent faith in the Lord can produce a hundred per cent change of reality. A small seed of faith planted in the right place can move a mountain of an obstacle in our lives. We have power both to plant and to uproot. We plant the seed of faith in a particular situation, difficulty, challenge or problem by praying. With faith in Christ, we can uproot the deeply rooted strongholds of this world. The only precondition or prerequisite is that our prayer should be in accordance with the Word of God and therefore, of the specific will of God. Sin takes root in us like a mulberry tree. When we cast it out of us into the sea, we are causing it to perish, to be eradicated or removed by its roots. If cast into the sea, it will never be seen again, never reappear in our lives in any form. As we yield to the Lord and resist the enemy, Jesus becomes our shield and His word becomes the sword we wield. The mulberry tree cannot grow in the sea and hence, the same offence cannot grow in us again as its roots are dead. The visible (the tree) problem or issue will become an invisible one ( drowned in the sea). Just as the sea is capacious and can hold any number of things, our faith as it expands can cast, command, overthrow, uproot a large number of issues.

We can use this precept or teaching contained in this uni-verse to first and foremost usher in the kingdom of God into our hearts and souls. We can uproot anger, lust, bitterness, pride which are the deep roots the enemy has sown in our fallen nature by commanding, rebuking, casting out through faith in the power of Jesus. We can deal with threats, fears, worries likewise by taking these on with the authority of Jesus. He as the Author of life has invested the power and authority to dispel these forces of darkness. They may attack us in one direction but we can shatter and scatter these in seven directions or helter skelter.

Jesus told His disciples that satan was asking permission to sift them like wheat, implying to test their thoughts, intentions and emotions to separate the wheat from the chaff. He had taught them to pray, “ Lead us not into temptation.” It means that we should pray with faith that the Lord does not permit satan to test us with evil temptations or sift us with trials. He has given us supernatural power over all the ways and wiles of the common enemy of humanity.