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Mark 11:12-14 & 20-24

 12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. 14 In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.”
And His disciples heard it.
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20 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 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. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

 

So I was reading Mark 11 last night and came across the fig tree story and I found it interesting how Jesus caused the tree to wither, “for it was not the season for figs.” To what point or purpose did he do this? The fruit was out of season so he makes a tree wither because it didn’t have any fruit. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

Also at the end of the passage it says how if we believe that we can have or do anything that we can. Is this really true of today? If I had enough faith that God would let me walk on water, I could go out into my backyard and walk across the pool’s surface? Is this truly possible? I probably couldn’t have that kind of faith/belief, but who says others don’t?

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