And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:20-24 KJV
I recently sold my house in downtown Indianapolis and moved out to the country to rent from a very good friend. During the moving, I had been listening to a sermon by Brother William Branham on speaking the word. He had taken his text from this portion of Scripture and related a number of testimonies that had happened in his life to demonstrate this Scripture to him.
During the move, even though I knew it was the Will of God for my life, I had been very stressed and anxious about the timeline and making the right decisions. However, on this particular day, my faith was high and my stress level was almost non-existent. I had stopped at a store downtown to refill my 2 five gallon water jugs and was driving through the country. As I had recently taken a large load in my car, my two back seats were laid down, with the two full water jugs sitting in the very back of my SUV.
I was driving down the country roads, thanking God for His provision, praying about His Will being done, when suddenly a truck in front of me slammed on his brakes. I slammed my brakes to avoid a collision and when I did, two jugs of water came barrelling from the back causing one of them to burst and five gallons of water to gush all over the front of my car, covering me, my seat, the console and the dashboard.
Suddenly, I was not in the Spirit anymore. I was angry with the man and angry with myself for being somewhat careless in my driving. Then, as I drove on, I noticed my windows were fogging up, so I looked down at the heater to turn on my defogger. The A/C was a 65 degrees and the recycle inside air was on. I tried pressing the button to change the A/C to heater and turn to inside air, but nothing changed. I had to roll down the windows to get the windows to defog so I could see to drive the rest of the way home.
Suddenly, I was now angry with God. I began telling Him what I thought and how angry I was. I realized that it was going to be cold that night and after work that evening I would be freezing and the windows fogging unless I drove with them down which would be even colder. Gently, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the Scripture about speaking to the mountain, so I first repented of my bad spirit and then laid my hands on the A/C / Heater controls and prayed, "Father, You said to take You at Your Word and I claim this Scripture. I speak to this Heater and controls to work in Jesus' Name."
It didn't immediately start to work, but I knew if I had spoken in faith it was going to. I got home and googled about water spilling onto the A/C controls. Everything I read indicated that my electronics was ruined and I would need to get it replaced. That night after work, when I turned on my car, both sides of my heater turned onto 85 degrees with the fan on high. Within three days, everything was working just as it always had and continues to run perfectly.
God is Good and His Word is true if we can only believe and have the faith to appropriate His Word! I share this to encourage you to believe His Word and appropriate it in your life.
