But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Then Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.” Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Mark 9:22-24
Have you ever prayed about something and then wondered if God would be able to help? In this passage today, a boy who was possessed by a demon was brought to Jesus. The boy's father told Jesus that His Disciples had tried to remove the demon, but were unable to. Then he told Jesus that "if you are able to do anything...help us." Jesus' response sounds almost as if He felt insulted, "'If you are able?' ALL things are possible for the one who believes."
Think about the things you pray for....most of our prayers can use so help. Our prayer lives are, for the most part, limited to a recited prayer over a meal or something we memorized along the way. I have heard people put together some nice sounding formula for prayer, yet when I used their formula I knew my prayers were not a conversation with the LOVE who created everything. If we wait until we "learn how to pray" we will never get there.
God responds to our bare, honest, sincerity. When your heart is broken and your wounds are laid bare, when you feel that only a miracle from God can help you...God already knew what you needed before you were born and responds to us in love. The boy's father didn't pray a lot of nice, eloquent, well thought out bunch of words in King James English. NO! This man prayed simply and from his soul: "Help My Unbelief!" And guess what? Jesus was moved with compassion and removed the demon from the boy.
Prayer is a conversation with God that is honest, bold, raw, bare, and from the heart!
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