Expect God: What To Do When Your Problem is Hiding Your Promise

by Rachel Shafer

For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 1. Say (Greek: epo)—to speak, say, call, or command (Strong’s #G2036). 2. Mountain (Greek: oros)—things reared up, thing that has arisen, or a thing that has lifted itself over you (Strong’s #G3735). 3. Remove (Greek: airo)—to be lifted up, suspended, or to be put away (Strong’s #G142). 4. Cast into (Greek: ball)—to be thrown violently, cast out, or thrust down in (Strong’s #G906). 5. Not doubt (Greek: diakrino)—judge, discern, pick apart, hesitate, doubt, stagger, or waver (Strong’s #G1252). 6. Believe (Greek: pisteuo)—trust, reliance, assurance, confidence, or conviction (Strong’s #G4100). In other words, verse 23 says, “Command the thing that has arisen, the thing that has lifted itself over you, to be put away, thrown violently into the sea. And do not hesitate, doubt, stagger, or waver, but have trust, reliance, assurance, and conviction that those things He says will be done.”