HELP MY UNBELIEF

 "Immediately the boy's father, crying, tears, he said: Lord, I believe! help my unbelief. " Mark 9:24

Afflicted, a father begged Jesus to heal his son. When the Master asked him? "Thou canst believe," the father made one of the most profound statements of faith: "Lord, I believe! Help my unbelief "(Mark 9:24).

The Bible does not teach what some preachers call "blind faith." It also does not teach faith based on ignorance. Faith that research that question, seeking help, not as adjectival disbelief.

The honest disbelief and open to the experience is the raw material of faith.

Unbelief surrender to Jesus as a request for assistance is already in itself a belief statement.

When I declare my unbelief to Jesus and ask Him to help me, I'm practicing the most difficult exercise in faith. I believe because I know, for myself, I can not get it. I believe because, looking at Jesus, I find the size of disbelief that I give Him.

"And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." Mark 9:23

Pr. Olav Feijó