Jesus said unto him, “If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth.” Jesus said some things that are hard to believe. He said that all things are possible to him that believes. He did not say that some things are possible. Do you believe that all things are possible to you? Isn’t the very foundation of faith to believe what the Word of God says even when it seems impossible? Paul said in Romans “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Again we are told to stretch our faith and believe that God will freely give us all things. Since these things are “freely given” then we do not need to do anything to receive them. Peter tells us “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” We have already (past tense) been given everything that we need in life. That is why Jesus told us to not worry about anything at all. We can trust is God’s goodness and the veracity of His Word.

In Mark 11 again Jesus tells us that when we pray to believe that we have already received what we are praying for. Why? Because, as believers in Jesus we have already been given all things. Most of us pray as if we don’t already have what we are praying for. It’s as if the thing that we desire is separate from us and we are trying to attract it into our life through prayer. Where is the faith in that? God doesn’t need to be persuaded to bless us. Jesus already paid for all of our blessings on the cross a long time ago. When we pray, have faith that the Word of God is true – regardless of how impossible it looks.