Good Morning Friend,
“A man approached Jesus and knelt before him.
‘Lord, have mercy on my son,’ he said. ‘He has seizures and is suffering
greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I brought him to your
disciples, but they could not heal him.’ ‘O unbelieving and perverse
generation,’ Jesus replied, ‘how long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy
here to me.’ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was
healed from that moment. Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked,
‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’ He replied, ‘Because you have so little faith. 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 17:14-20)
One of the things that God desires most from us
is faith. “And without faith it is impossible to please God.” (Hebrews 11:6)
Faith is simple trust that God cares and that He can and will move in our
behalf and at our request.
The disciples did not believe God would heal
the boy. They went through the motions to drive the demon out, but their hearts
didn’t believe it would really happen.
How many times have we been guilty of the same
thing? How many blessings from God have we missed because we did not really
believe He could or would move in our behalf?
Those through whom God has worked the most,
even in our own day, are those who believe He can and step forward as a result
of that belief. They are the ones who have faith and who exercise it!
I am not there a lot of times, but that is
where I want to be. In a parallel passage in Luke, the apostles said to the
Lord, “Increase our faith!” (Luke 17:5) Will you pray that prayer with me? “Lord,
increase my faith.”
God loves you and He can and will do amazing
things in response to your faith.
His, by Grace, Steve
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