Faith Can Move Mountains...Even Bureaucratic Ones!

Kutless- What Faith Can Do

Today, I marvel at what faith can do. Prayer really does work wonders. Miracles happen. God is bigger than anything. He opens doors. We are His instruments. However, in order for Him to use us, we must have some level of faith. He doesn't even ask much of us in the amount of faith.

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”Matthew 17:20

In saying that, we must be willing participants. We must want to serve the Lord, and believe in His mighty powers. He can use us, but He does not need us to carry out His plans. He is God. His word tells us that if we keep quiet, the rocks themselves will cry out. I don't know about you guys, but I don't want a rock taking my place.


“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” Luke 19:40

Yesterday, a plea went out via Facebook in Team Caleb's group. It was a simple plea, yet extremely desperate from a mother reaching out for help on behalf of her precious child. While in Houston trying to get treatment started for Caleb, his mom Jana ran into bureaucratic red tape. Her plea was as follows:
Ok Team Caleb, I need your help. The FDA has a new person in charge of reviewing case. It could take up to 2 weeks before we get approval. Please help me. We need letters from Congress persons or anyone with any political power to bang on the door of the FDA to get Caleb on this trial please have anyone you know fax or email the FDA on Caleb's behalf. The tumor is progressing and we are waiting without out treatment. Please help in any way possible.

You would be amazed at the response this request got and the speed at which people all over the country began scouring their resources. People put aside pride, and hesitation, and flooded their congressmen, state representatives, government employees, doctor friends with pleas for intervention. Within a matter of hours, the red tape was cut. The Kinnersley's got word that FDA approval had come for Caleb's clinical trial treatments.

I still stand in awe at what can happen when God's children bind together. When over 2400 people are praying for this child, good things happen. Our prayers don't stop there. We pray for Caleb. We pray for each other. We pray for the FDA. We pray for the Burzynski Clinic. We pray that God shows out in a mighty way.

God has brought Caleb this far. He has brought over 2400 people together for a common cause. He says wherever two or more are gathered, He is there also. He says whatever we ask in His name, it shall be given. I believe that. I claim that.

I posted the video above to Kutless' What Faith Can do. Read the lyrics below as a prayer. Ask God to increase your faith so you can move mountains. I don't refer to physical mountains, but those mountains that get in our way of living out our lives for Christ. Yesterday, the Kinnersley's faced a mountain...a governmental, bureaucratic mountain. Faith moved that mountain. Now on to the miracles! Go TEAM CALEB!!
 

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think its more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered                                                      
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do

It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do

Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can!

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise