It’s not complaining about a person or a difficult situation. Prayer that moves mountains is not fancy, fluffy words. It means to call someone by name, or to call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim, summon, invite, commission and appoint (source). The word call in Hebrew does not mean to call someone on your cell phone. The question is, are we as God’s people calling on the name of the Lord to move mountains in prayer as the people did in Genesis 4:26? Prayer that Moves Mountains Anyone can turn on the evening news and clearly see that we are living in a murderous, wicked world. We are also living in sinful, desperate times. Several verses later, the people began to call on the name of the Lord in prayer. Six generations after Cain, the people of that time found themselves seeped with sin, murder, and hate. The world had already become saturated with sin through the disobedience of Adam and Eve in chapter 3, and now we see the reverberating effects of their choices in their children.Ĭain, in his anger and jealousy of his brother Abel, struck and killed him. In the context of this chapter, we see that the first act of sin has been committed. The first account of people praying can be found in Genesis 4:26,Īt that time men began to call on the name of the Lord. Let’s look at what it means to cultivate a prayer life that moves mountains. Thankfully, we have the Holy Spirit who hears our every thoughts, and we can be confident that our prayers reach heaven. Our prayers don’t operate like the telephone game. Not a single word or tear goes unnoticed by our El Roi–the God who sees. I am convinced that contrary to our thoughts, feelings or the state of the circumstances around us, God hears our prayers. We question whether God heard us because the outcome of our prayers may not always be what we’ve hoped for. We call on God in prayer, but sometimes feel like God must not have heard our message correctly. If we’re honest with ourselves, we sometimes feel like our prayers are similar to the telephone game. By the time the message has made it around the circle, usually the secret has been so distorted that it is hardly recognized by the person who started the game! The secret is passed around the circle, one whisper at a time, until everyone has heard the message. Do you remember playing that game in elementary school? Everyone sits in a circle and a special “secret” is whispered into a child’s ear. Sometimes we view prayer like the old childhood game “telephone”. Sometimes we as Christians don’t realize the power we have in Christ through prayer, and often miss out on opportunities for God to move on our behalf. Prayer that moves mountains is a powerful weapon we have as believers that can radically transform our lives.
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