My Unbelief: A Testimony of God's Grace and Mercy

The father realized two things had to happen if his son were going to be healed. He had to confess his belief in Jesus Christ, and he had to pray for all doubt and fear to be removed. Even though I am in the ministry and firmly believe in the Lord Jesus and what He can do, I am crying out at this very moment: Lord, please help my unbelief!

2. My soul obeys th' almighty call, And runs to this reliefI would believe thy promise, Lord; O help my unbelief!To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God, I fly;Here let me wash my spotted soul, From crimes of deepest dye.

My Unbelief

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What the man says here can sound contradictory. He claims to believe, yet confesses to unbelief. It took me a while to appreciate the wisdom in his words. Now I see that this father understood that faith in God is not a one-and-done choice or just a switch that God turns on at our moment of salvation.

2 My soul obeys th'almighty call,and runs to this relief;I would believe Thy promise, Lord,O help my unbelief.Unto the fountain of Thy blood,Incarnate God, I fly;here let me wash my spotted soul,from Crimes of deepest dye.

Bonaventure Perquin is a Dominican priest and author. Through his writings he desires to bring people into relationship with the living God. Bonaventure has authored two books for Scepter, "Help my unbelief" and "Abba Father."

"In great spiritual agony, I wandered out on the sand alone. And there the Lord conquered my unbelief, and I surrendered myself to God for this service [starting a missions organization for inland China]. I told Him that all the responsibility as to the issues and the consequences must rest with Him; that as His servant it was mine to obey and to follow Him, His to direct, care for and guide me and those who might labor with me. Need I say that at once peace flowed into my burdened heart?" [Emphasis mine]-Hudson Taylor, missionary to ChinaPlease Father, may this be true for us.

If you desire to be a man or woman who believes in the promises of God without wavering, you can keep the weeds of doubt out of your garden by putting into action these three ways to overcome unbelief.

You may look at your life today. You may be reading this and you are thinking my life is a mess. Hear me! Jesus is the answer. When he walks into a situation, things can change. You may not believe God can help but you can say, Help my unbelief!

When things around us seem impossible, we have to learn to lean on a God who overcomes the impossible. This week, Pastor Mark Pagley shows us that in our unbelief, we can ask God to help us believe that He is greater than our circumstances.

KJV22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into thewaters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, havecompassion on us, and help us.23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things arepossible to him that believeth.24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said withtears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

What a glorious prayer! I believe; help my unbelief! What we need is more faith. I have faith but I need more faith. Jesus shows why you should have faith in him. In verses 25-27 we see at simply the words of Jesus this unclean spirit, as strong as it is, is cast out. Jesus proves his point that there is nothing too great for him. Jesus has power over the dead. Jesus came to save and give life. Jesus conquers the dark powers that control us. Jesus is worthy of great faith. Believe in him.

Pray for faith. Prayer is pictured as the avenue to faith. Success does not rest on our power. Self-sufficiency is the enemy of faith! We are not supposed to handle our trials alone. We are not supposed to walk through life independently. We are not supposed to take care of life ourselves. We are to believe that the Lord Jesus can do anything and pray for greater faith. This is the consistent message of the gospel of Mark: disciples need faith. The miracles we have read in this gospel have been a challenge of faith. The leper shows faith in Mark 1:40. The paralytic lowered through the roof to get to Jesus showed faith. The one healed from the demon called Legion showed faith after his healing. The woman with the flow of blood showed faith. Jairus showed faith for healing his dead daughter. Jesus marveled at the unbelief of the crowds. We see a lack of faith in the feeding of the 5000 and 4000. We read of great faith from the Syrophoencian woman who understands her position and just wants the crumbs that come from the table.

I know You are good to me when You send prosperity.But when peace gives way to pain, in frustration I complain.How could I find fault with You? You are always just and good.Grant me faith, not just relief; help, oh, help my unbelief! 2ff7e9595c