All Things Are Possible

A man who had a mute son who was often afflicted with epileptic seizures came to Jesus for help.

 “And often he has thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”

Mark 9:22-24 NKJV

This man was desperate. I’m sure we all have been in situations where we felt desperate. He begged Jesus for help. He didn’t have a full understanding of how healing and deliverance worked. So he said, “IF you can do anything…” Jesus quickly settled this issue of “if.”

He basically responded by saying, “It’s not a question of what I can do.

The question is, what can you believe? If you can believe, all things are possible for you. It’s not up to Me, it’s up to you. I don’t decide if your son gets healed, you do! I have the ability, but it’s up to you whether or not My power is released.” (paraphrased)

So often, we cry out, “Oh God, do something!” But God always says, “You believe, then I’ll move!” It’s human nature to want to put all the responsibility on someone else. However, this is not the way God operates. All throughout the scriptures, God put the ball back into the court of the individual who had a need.

Actually, God gave us His Word AND His faith. He will do anything He says in His Word if we will simply BELIEVE Him and take Him at His Word. In order to believe His Word, we must hear His Word. Then, if we will use the faith He gives us through His Word, He will move for us and supply the need. God really gave us the easy part of the covenant: only BELIEVE!

Jesus spent a good deal of His time on earth teaching people the Word and will of God, in order to give them something to believe. After hearing, they had to act on their faith in that Word. According to Jesus’ own words in the gospels, approximately 70% of the people healed under His ministry did so as a result of their own faith.

The Bible says that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Therefore, by your faith, all things are possible to you today.

When this man came to Jesus for his son’s healing, he didn’t get discouraged by Jesus’ words. He responded by saying, “All right Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.” What does that mean? He was saying, “I believe in my heart, but my head is giving me trouble.” Doubts were trying to overtake his mind.

Have you ever faced a situation like that? You know in your heart that what God says is true, but your head is giving you every reason why it isn’t working or it can’t work. To deal with our head, we have to become skillful in looking to the Word, not at the problem or the diagnosis.

2 Corinthians 4:18 says:

. . . . while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

We see the problem is there, but we refuse to be troubled by it. We are to look at God’s unseen Word, which produces victory every time!

Here’s another great scripture:

For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar.

Romans 3:3-4:

This means that we have to let God be true in our lives. God is not a dictator. He always gives us a choice.

1 Peter 2:24 says, “By His stripes you were healed.” Many would respond by saying, “I know that’s what the Bible says, but I don’t feel well.” They have chosen to let their symptoms be truth and God a liar. You may know God’s Word is true for all mankind, but Paul said in Romans that you have to choose what is truth in YOUR own LIFE. Are you going to believe symptoms and circumstances, or are you going to believe God’s Word for your very own life?

We must always remember that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVES! Let’s choose to believe God today and receive healing!

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