Speak to the Problem

Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, be thou plucked up by the root and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you

 

The sycamine tree in this scripture is the problem, the circumstance, the situation that stands between you and your destination.

Jesus and the apostles were probably walking down a trail or a pathway and came upon a sycamine tree in the middle of the trail. It was an obstacle before them which they has to deal with in some way. Jesus used it as an object lesson.

He did not say, "If you had faith as a seed you would pray that God would move that obstacle before you. Then if you pray and cry and beg long enough, if you promise to be good and pay your tithes, then God will pluck it up for you and cast it into the sea."

No, He said, "Speak to it, and it will obey you"

The King James version says, "You might say to the tree .." The Greek New Testament says, "You would say". A stronger word is used in the Greek version, and it is the mopre accurate rendering in this instance. If you had faith as a seed, Jesus said you would speak to that sycamine tree [to that obstacle, that problem, that difficulty, that financial crisis you have been begging God to do something about]. So quit begging and crying, and speak to that thing. Say what you want done with it. Tell it to be plucked up by the root!

Jesus said it would obey you!

There is no great theological reason why Jesus said to speak to the tree; he simply said to do it! He is telling you exactly how to get the Kingdom principles to work for you. Your voice is the voice of authority in your part of the earth. Whatever you bind will be bound. Whatever you loose will be loosed. The power of binding and loosing is on earth. It is a Kingdom principle [Matt 16:17-19]

 

Shalom
Shan Chi