How many of us want to say we have faith, but when it comes to believing for things that seem near to impossible, we waiver? In today’s reading of the One Year Bible, Jesus encounters a demon possessed boy and his father. When the father comes to Jesus and asks Him to help “if he can”, Jesus says, “IF I can.” In other words, “I’d like to see a little more faith than that!” The man then asks Jesus to help him with his unbelief.
Perhaps this is where some of you find yourselves today. You want to believe that Jesus can do anything, that he can restor your marriage, reach your children, or heal your body, but you still deal with doubt. It’s hard for you to just trust God completely to accomplish what seems impossible in the natural.
The good news that the passage in Mark 9 brings to us, is that Jesus is not put off by our doubts. As a matter of fact, Jesus continues the conversation with this father and evidently helps him with his unbelief. The miracle happens in spite of the man’s doubts and lack of perfect faith.
I don’t know what you might be wanting God to do in your life or the lives of those around you, but it won’t require a perfect faith to make it happen. As seen in this story, it’s all about coming to Jesus with a simple faith in a perfect Savior who has more than enough power to do what needs to be done.
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