I believe, help me overcome my unbelief.

"If You can?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe, help me overcome my unbelief!" Mark 9:23-24

Wow, what a very powerful statement. I do believe but, help me overcome my unbelief. How is it possible to believe but not believe? How is it possible to believe in Jesus Christ, that He died for us, and not believe that He can do anything? Very easy. Have you ever stood at the top of the high dive wanting to jump into the deep end of the pool but can't? You believe that it can be done, right? You just don't believe that you can do it. We just stand there at the top of the diving board looking down at the water. This happens to all of us, just like Peter when he walked on the water to Jesus. As long as he had total belief in Christ and looked nowhere else, he walked on the water, but as soon as he took his eyes off of Christ he lost his belief and started to sink.

So many times we believe in Christ Jesus, that He can heal, He can save, He can cure, He can help, but we don't have total belief. We doubt that He can pull if off so to speak. We have doubts that He will. We know that Jesus can, we just don't think that he will or want to.

The father of the boy in Mark 9 knew that Jesus could heal, he just didn't believe that Jesus could heal his son. I listened to a man on the radio yesterday say that he believed in Heaven but didn't believe in God or Jesus Christ. How is that possible?

I tried to quit chewing tobacco for years and couldn't do it. Then one Sunday, 12 November 2006 to be exact, I put my total trust and belief in Christ. I had just read Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed; for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. There are times when I struggle, but He reminds me of that Sunday back in 2006 and how far I have come with Jesus upholding me.

Is there something that you are struggling with? Is there something in your life that you have not totally given to Jesus? Is there something that you totally gave to Jesus?

Why did Moses lead the people out of Egypt through the Red Sea?
Why did Noak build the Ark?
Why did Abraham take his son to be a sacrifice?

These are all times when these great men had total trust and belief in God. They had no doubts. Did they ever have doubts, yes. But, we see that when they just did what God asked and believed in Him, anything was possible.

I am stopping this here. I have more for this post, but I want you to run with it. Your thoughts, your finding. You finish this with God and Jesus Christ.

I pray and hope that this has stimulated something within.