Friday, July 1, 2016
Only Believe
Our Father is always about the job of teaching us His children. Like any good father, our Father wants only the best for us. The question for us is, how do we access the best of anything? The answer is, through faith.
Mark 11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
We are told here that we must believe and not doubt. If we do not doubt, we can have anything we ask for in prayer. An interesting point here is that Peter was speaking about when Yeshuah (Jesus) spoke to the tree and it was dead, and Yeshuah (Jesus) responded with how to pray. What is unclear to me is if Yeshuah was saying that speaking is the same as praying. Either way, it is clear that we must believe. This was born out in another example from our Messiah.
Mark 5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
Here a person was dead, yet the Messiah encouraged the father of the child to not have fear, but rather to only believe. Those that had no faith laughed at the Messiah’s comments. Yeshuah was speaking life, and He was speaking from the ability to see the ways of Yahuah, not just the acts. The end result is all the doubters were put away from His presence. Only those that believed, those that had faith, were allowed to be near Him when He spoke in the Spirit and raised the child from the dead.
As we face the trials in our life, we need to remember to not doubt, and to only believe.
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are our King. We need You in our lives, and we need You in our hearts and minds. Use us to bring Your will to pass on the earth, Praise the name Yahuah. Send us now Your overwhelming provision. Forgive us our sins. Heal our hearts, minds, and bodies that we might serve You. Rise up, Father, and strike down the thief that steals and destroys. Restore unto Your people one hundred times one hundredfold that which has been taken or held back. We ask all these things in the name of our Messiah Yeshuah (Jesus). Amen.