March 9, 2025
Adrian Rogers
Scripture Passage: Matthew 17:1-22
Have you ever come across rivers that seem uncrossable? Have you ever come to mountains you cannot tunnel through? Many of us are experiencing mountains of heartache and despair, or satanic opposition.
In Matthew 17, Jesus reminds us that God specializes in things that seem impossible and reveals to us how to remove these mountains.
“...for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you” (Matthew 17:20b).
Matthew 17 is a chapter of contrasts: mountains and mustard seeds, despair and glory. Matthew 17 begins with the transfiguration of Jesus—a preview of the greatest event this world will ever know, which is the Second Coming of Christ.
Three disciples witnessed Jesus—the fulfillment of every law and prophet—in glory. This is such great hope for us, as we see the hour getting gloriously darker, because this means that we are looking for Jesus to come in glory at any moment.
It is all about Jesus—all of creation, redemption, Scripture, prophecy, and the fellowship of believers points to Jesus.
After His mountaintop transfiguration, Jesus descends to a valley of misery, to a boy who is demon-possessed. The disciples had tried everything in their power to get rid of the demon, but nothing had changed. Jesus came and spoke, and without any struggle or long battle, Satan released his grip, and the boy was set free.
We move mountains with faith. Faith is a supernatural gift from God, but He will not believe for us. We must take the seed of faith and put it in the soil of our hearts in order for it to come to life.
Adrian Rogers says, “The least amount of faith is greater than the greatest amount of difficulty. It’s not great faith in God that you need; it’s faith in a great God that you need.”
Adrian Rogers says, “If you’ve got faith like a grain of mustard seed, plant it, put it in the ground, and begin to believe God and trust God, and you’ll see mountains of hate and despair and difficulty and disease and deprivation and demonism flee away.”
