Mark 9:24 "And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."
The father of the child in the above passage was desperate. He came to Jesus with an irrational hope. But he wasn't sure. He didn't know for certain if it would work. I'm sure that as he approached Jesus his mind was troubled with the thought of leaving with the same pain he brought with him. I'm sure he doubted.
This is one of my favorite passages of scripture. I often find myself praying "Lord, help my unbelief." Faith is difficult. Even when you've had positive spiritual experiences, trusting the Lord to do what He says He will do is not always easy. It is hard. I love what Sean McPherson said this week: "Doubt is the prerequisite to faith." The Scriptures tell us that everyone is given a measure of faith. It doesn't say that that faith will be big enough to encompass all of our doubts. It doesn't say that we'll boldly be commanding mountains to be moved without the least concern that it might not move. Perhaps our faith is stronger for the doubt we have to overcome to walk in that faith.
Go ahead and read the context of the story in Mark 9, and consider the role that doubt and faith play.
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