Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!”
“There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief. ” – Smith Wigglesworth
The impossible cannot manifest if we have unbelief hidden in our heart. It is not how brave our prayers are but how bold our trust in God is. The irony is we can limit God with our unbelief while believing that He is all-powerful. The unbelief is not in the potency of our God. We believe that God is able but we struggle to believe that He will do the impossible miracle for us.
The father of the boy who was demon-possessed came to the disciples of Jesus but they could not heal his son. The father pleaded with Jesus to deliver his son and Jesus responded, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes” (vs 23). The boy’s father cried back “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” The boy’s father saw the blind eyes open, the lame walk and the deaf hear but he struggled to believe that his son could be set free. We can identify ourselves in the shoes of this father. Our faith is robust as long as it is spoken from the pulpit and we are in the pews, but when we are drowned in problems unbelief hidden in our hearts surges. Getting caught in the whirlpool of self-condemnation, self-pity and stubbornness will shake our faith and limit God.
All the impossibility is with us:
1. Condemnation: Guilt and condemnation knocks down the ladder of faith that leads us to the impossible destiny. Self-condemnation makes us feel unworthy of God’s power to flow into our lives and do the impossible. Condemnation is the door that shuts on the God of impossibilities and limits Him.
2. Contradiction: Conflating and contradictory thoughts will stop the flow of God’s power into our lives. Doubting God’s Word and promises will limit the Promise Giver. The Bible never gets old. It is very relevant to this day and age. The same God who opened the Red Sea for His children is able to give us brand new openings in an economy that is wading with recession. Worldviews will contradict what the Word of God says. God has promised growth during famine. Reasoning, logic and analysis will contradict God’s Word and shun the God of impossibilities.
3. Conclusion: God has the final say in any matter. Don’t let what you go through determine the end. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase (Job 8:7). We serve a BIG God so pray bold, big and benevolent prayers and see the impossibilities turn into divine destinies.
With God nothing is impossible. Let us not limit Him by our unbelief.
Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Prayer: Jesus my Master, with you nothing is impossible. Help me to beat the unbelief out of my system and trust in your omnipotence. Amen.
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