In this sermon God is the Variable in the Equation That Changes the Outcome, Jesus reminds us in our scripture that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will have to obey you. Mountains really are hard to climb. The religious imagination has known this for a long time. That’s why mountains have come to symbolize the hardships and difficulties of life. Mountains have always represented problems to be solved, obstacles to be overcome, crosses to be carried, burdens to be borne, troubles to be triumphed over, and difficulties to be dealt with. Mountains are problems. Death is a mountain. Sickness is a mountain. Troubles are mountains. Hardships are mountains. Family crises are mountains. The truth of the matter is, life is filled with mountains. But Jesus reminds us in our scripture today that if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will have to obey you.