While I won't question that what Jesus said is literally true, I think the primary lesson He meant for us to understand is that a mountain is anything standing in our way -- which we would call a problem. Lots of people speak to God about their problems. But not many people speak to their problems and tell them to be gone. It's not wrong to discuss things with God. But that is not all we should do. Jesus spoke to problems and He instructed us to speak to things we want removed from our lives.  You may think it's strange to speak to things. But God created this world and He knows how everything is designed to work. So
when Jesus tells us to speak to our problems, we should realize that He knows how things operate.
The reason it seems strange to us is that we have not known the ways of God. God loves us even when we don't follow His instructions. But we cannot expect good results in our life when we refuse to follow God's instructions.  Whatever problem you face, speak to it and tell it what you want it to do. "Be gone." "I refuse to allow you." "Get out of my life." As a child of God in union with Jesus Christ you have authority over every work of the enemy and everything that would harm you. Because you have been given authority, you have

to use it. You are supposed to choose what you allow in your life. Most of us, out of ignorance, thought our only choice was to just accept whatever happened. We didn't know any better. But now we are learning. So we can make new choices, and see better results.




 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matthew 17:20).