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God's power is unlimited, and as Christians we know there is nothing too big or difficult for Him.
God's power is unlimited, and as Christians we know there is nothing too big or difficult for Him.
Yet, when we call on God, pleading with Him to fix that thing that's broken or hurting in our lives, we have a hard time believing our own prayers.
But God knows our deepest needs, and when He answers our prayers in His way, He does more than change our lives - He heals our hearts.
Yet, when we call on God, pleading with Him to fix that thing that's broken or hurting in our lives, we have a hard time believing our own prayers.
The good news: God knows our deepest needs, and when He answers our prayers in His way, He does more than change our lives - He heals our hearts.
Even when our faith is shaken, God is not.
When we bring our most desperate prayers to Christ, his answers are greater than we could imagine.
MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY
In , Jesus came down from a mountain with three of his disciples [Peter James John].
The transfiguration had happened on the mountain top, which is where Jesus shone with brilliant radiance as God spoke over him, “This is my Son, whom I love.
Listen to Him!”
After coming back down the mountain he walked right into a messy situation.
There was a dispute in the crowd because a father with a son possessed by a demonic spirit had brought that son to be healed, and the disciples had failed to heal him.
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Moses
Jesus’ transfiguration and the event we just read is paralleled in the Old Testament by Moses’ experience in when Moses went up on the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments.
Both - encountered God on the mountain, then came back down to find a nation in rebellion and disciples with no faith.
However - while Moses’ reaction was to kill about 3,000 rebellious men, Jesus’ reaction was to heal and restore.
What the law in Moses’ was powerless to do, God did through Jesus to bring life, healing, and salvation to everyone who believes in him.
There was a mess in the valley while Jesus was away on the mountain.
But God is not intimidated by messy situations.
Whenever we’re dealing with something in the valley, we can lift our eyes to Jesus who is above us, knowing that He is full of power and mercy, and will come down to heal us.
THAT THING
The father of the boy told Jesus that his son had been that way since childhood.
It is likely that he had tried many healers before and none of them had worked.
The man said to Jesus, “I brought my son to you.’
But he hadn’t actually.
He has so far brought his son only to Jesus.
Just like the father longed for his son’s healing, we all have “that thing” in our lives that is a constant struggle and hardship.
It’s possible we think we’ve brought that something to Jesus when we’ve really only brought it to the church.
Or we think we prayed about something, but we’ve only thought about it a lot.
Whatever that thing is for us, we need to bring it to Jesus.
Not to religion.
Not to others.
To Jesus.
The spirit in the boy would seize him, throw him to the ground, and rob him of speech.
The enemy steals, kills and destroys in our lives.
We need to ask ourselves what it is that seizes us, debilitates us and robs us.
That doubt.
That memory.
That bitterness.
That fear.
That pride.
That thing.
ANYTHING
The father said to Jesus, “If you can do anything, have compassion and help us.”
The father had faith, but he was begging for scraps.
His faith was of a survival desperation.
He was looking for anything to get relief.
This is where most of us live.
We often come to God just to get relief.
We look to anything that will numb the pain, for just a second.
But anything is pitiful, and it’s not what Jesus has in mind.
EVERYTHING
Jesus’ response was, “If you can? Everything is possible for the one who believes.”
Then the father cried out, “I believe; help me overcome my unbelief.”
So Jesus commanded the spirit out, and the boy was healed.
The father’s thing was he wanted his son to be healed.
But Jesus was more interested in healing the father’s unbelief.
But Jesus was more interested in the thing beneath the thing.
Before God gives us what we want, he wants to give us what we really need.
When we really bring our thing to Jesus, he will change our hearts to heal our unbelief, our lack of faith, our pride.
It wasn’t when the father brought his son to Jesus that Jesus healed the boy.
It was when the father brought his unbelief.
The most spiritual prayer we can pray is to cry, “Help!” to Jesus from the depths of our soul.
God doesn’t want to do anything for us.
He wants to do everything for us.
That Thing
That Thing cannot hold you back any longer.
It’s time to give it to Jesus.
We are conquerors.
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