“Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” The writer of Hebrews tells us “…without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
It seems to me this poor soul in our opening text was like many of us; he believed the first part of the text in Hebrews, but had a problem believing the second half.
In essence, he said, “Lord I believe you can, help me believe you will.” This is seen in his words, “If thou canst do…” It is not enough to believe God is who He says He is; we must believe He will do what He says He will do! There is no half- way mark in pleasing Him. Like the old gospel song says, it’s “…not almost, but altogether.” God not only wants us to believe in His personal existence, but also that He will answer our private prayers. He meant them to go together.
I don’t know about you, but I must admit my faith has always been defective. I’ve lacked full confidence that the Lord would answer my prayers. But bless His name, He has always came to my aid when I, like the man in Mark, cried sincerely from my heart, “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”
By the way, I’d remind you here of the Stewart Hamlin song, “It is no secret what God can do, what He’s done for others, He’ll do for you.”
Faith grows by occupying ourselves with who God is, and with what He promised.
by an Aged Saint
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Thank you Richard, this is a perfect companion to my current series on a Biblical Worldview. I will re-stack this in Notes.
Such an encouragement, Dad. Thank you!