Monday Devotional – May 8 2022
The Power of Belief
‘Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen. ‘ Hebrews 11:1
Read:
' One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, “Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him. He is possessed by an evil spirit that won’t let him talk. And whenever this spirit seizes him, it throws him violently to the ground. Then he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they couldn’t do it.” So they brought the boy. But when the evil spirit saw Jesus, it threw the child into a violent convulsion, and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at the mouth. The spirit often throws him into the fire or into water, trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.” “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” ' Mark 9:17-18,20,22-24
Reflect:
What stops us from believing that the God who created all things is able to give us abundantly above what our imaginations can fathom. It seems illogical that as believers we struggle to believe in the God who we have committed our lives to. Yet it happens quite often. This week I believe God is asking us to examine the reason behind our unbelief. If we deal with that root, the tree of unbelief will not bear fruit in our lives.
In the Mark 9 story, the father had been struggling with his son since he was a child. Years of waiting, disappointment, fear that this time the enemy might win, has likely poked holes in his belief cup. His faith cup leaked badly. He likely mustered enough belief to find Jesus and the disciples after hearing of the wonderful miracles but by the time the disciples were struggling to give him the miracle his belief cup leaked empty again.
I get it. It is hard (gross understatement), to believe after disappointment. It is a struggle to hold on to hope when what we see, the pattern, the hard evidence, the status quo says one thing but we hear the gentle whisper of the holy spirit telling us we should believe something different. I get it, I am there in some aspects of my life. Todays devotional is possibly more for me than it is for you.
God says go back, sit quietly and let me bring to your mind the disappointment that stole your hope. Let me shift your perspective so you can believe again.
I love it when the father says “I believe but” Jesus did not rebut with chiding. He simply gave him the miracle he needed.
The truth is God will disappoint our best laid plans but He will always accomplish His purpose. What He says He will do in His time, not ours.
Lets make that our prayer this week. “Help my unbelief”
Song of the Week:
Journal Prompt:
What disappointment has stolen my belief?
Pray:
Lord Help my unbelief. Align my thoughts and expectations with purpose. Help me pray with genuineness of heart: Lord I want this for my life but not my will let Yours be accomplished.
Affirmation:
I believe what God says. I am the recipient of abundant life; more than my imagination can fathom. All that God has for me I will receive, in Jesus name
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