Increase My Faith

 Matthew 17: 14-20

Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy

¹⁴ When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. ¹⁵ “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. ¹⁶ I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

¹⁷ “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” ¹⁸ Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”

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.”

1as Jesus scolds his disciples for their lack of faith, so could he easily do the same for us.  "Unbelieving and perverse generation.", very strong words that echo through the centuries to us.  Jesus doesn't ask for  much, just faith the size of a mustard seed...yet we can't even come up with that!  How much more do we need to learn, and accept the power of God to those who believe...Lord, I pray this a thousand times, "I do believe, help my unbelief!"

Bro. Rene