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Today, our church celebrates Faith Week. I realized that I had enough dose of "reality" that it is a bit hard for me to believe that God can do the supernatural.
I remember a story in the Bible where a father came to Jesus with a boy who has an evil spirit in him. When the spirit saw Jesus, the boy went into convulsion. Then Jesus said, "If you can? Everything is possible for those who believe." The father answered, " I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief."(mark 9:14-30)
There are times that I would say to God, "Lord, I believe you; help me in my unbelief."
Yesterday, I have a hard time believing. I mean, I can believe the small stuff but the BIG ones are a bit hard to digest. I told the Lord all the things that I want to happen that I have a hard time imagining. Probably the Lord saw my agony and He stepped in and reminded me of the Scripture that says, "According to your faith it shall be done unto you."(Matt 9:29)
It's just amazing that God operates in this faith area. It's like that God is saying "You want it? Then believe first!" God will not just give it to you right away; you need to believe first. If you read the first four books of the New Testament you will notice that Jesus really appluads when He sees people of faith. On the other hand part of the Scripture says that "Jesus did not do many miracles there [some place] because of the people's unbelief."
The book of James says something like this, " when you ask, believe and not doubt... [when you doubt] you should not expect to receive anything from the Lord."
"According to your faith it shall be done unto you." I have to believe, otherwise nothing will happen. I have to believe that whatever God said in His Word will happen in my life or it will not happen.
I remember the words, "God can do exceedingly, abundantly, more that anything you could ever think or ask for."
Today, as the church celebrates Faith week, I am reminded to believe God for great things; greater than myself! I have always been an advocate of believing God for big things [at least that's how I thought, I think] but now I know that I have not believed enough and/or what I have believed for are not big enough.
Nothing is impossible for the Lord! Would you believe?
I remember a story in the Bible where a father came to Jesus with a boy who has an evil spirit in him. When the spirit saw Jesus, the boy went into convulsion. Then Jesus said, "If you can? Everything is possible for those who believe." The father answered, " I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief."(mark 9:14-30)
There are times that I would say to God, "Lord, I believe you; help me in my unbelief."
Yesterday, I have a hard time believing. I mean, I can believe the small stuff but the BIG ones are a bit hard to digest. I told the Lord all the things that I want to happen that I have a hard time imagining. Probably the Lord saw my agony and He stepped in and reminded me of the Scripture that says, "According to your faith it shall be done unto you."(Matt 9:29)
It's just amazing that God operates in this faith area. It's like that God is saying "You want it? Then believe first!" God will not just give it to you right away; you need to believe first. If you read the first four books of the New Testament you will notice that Jesus really appluads when He sees people of faith. On the other hand part of the Scripture says that "Jesus did not do many miracles there [some place] because of the people's unbelief."
The book of James says something like this, " when you ask, believe and not doubt... [when you doubt] you should not expect to receive anything from the Lord."
"According to your faith it shall be done unto you." I have to believe, otherwise nothing will happen. I have to believe that whatever God said in His Word will happen in my life or it will not happen.
I remember the words, "God can do exceedingly, abundantly, more that anything you could ever think or ask for."
Today, as the church celebrates Faith week, I am reminded to believe God for great things; greater than myself! I have always been an advocate of believing God for big things [at least that's how I thought, I think] but now I know that I have not believed enough and/or what I have believed for are not big enough.
Nothing is impossible for the Lord! Would you believe?
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