May God help your unbelief!

Mark 9:16-25

There are times we do not receive from God because we harbour unbelief beneath our acclaimed belief. The disciples of Jesus were faced with the task of delivering a mute boy who happened to be an epileptic as well. Try as they did, they were unsuccessful, so they sought the help of their master - And He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.”

He answered him and said, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.” Then they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

Jesus attributed the unsuccessful deliverance to faithlessness. The next few lines reveal how the father of the boy had a bundle of unbelief wrapped underneath his show of belief. Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

How can you believe and have unbelief at the same time? There are times that we act like this man - we believe in God and in His awesome power, and yet we seem to have this lingering doubt as to whether He can, and will truly change our situation. Maybe because in our limited vision, the problem appears insurmountable, or we have had it long enough that we are unable to picture ourselves without it. Whatever this man's reasons, the good thing is that he owned up to his unbelief, and asked Jesus for help, which he got - Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
 
When Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more!” Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

Jesus after performing this miracle gave us a tip as to how to handle situations that fill us with grief and unbelief - And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?”
So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”


Praying and fasting can silence our unbelief and help release our miracle. Be true to yourself about your level of faith. Do not be ashamed to admit to God in prayer any feelings of unbelief you may have. Then ask for His help. The Lord shall help you, and give you a testimony!








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