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“And he said…If Thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth” (Mark 9:22-23).
In this verse the father of the boy who was having fits caused by a demon was desperate. No one else had been able to help, and finally he comes to the Lord Jesus. However, he did not realize who the Lord Jesus was, and came to him just as a person might go from one doctor to another. But now he was in the presence of the Son of God. It was not a question of whether the Lord Jesus could heal the boy, but rather whether the father would have faith in Him.
But the Lord Jesus was gracious, for the poor father broke down, asking the Lord Jesus to help his unbelief. Then the Lord Jesus cast out the demon, and the boy was well again.
It is sometimes like that in our lives. We do not really have faith in the power of God, and we miss the blessing we otherwise could have had. Perhaps we put our faith in something else, instead of the Lord. For example, medical science can do wonderful things today, and it is not wrong to use that knowledge. But let us not rely on it; let us rely on the Lord instead. He is the Great Physician.
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