“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:22-24 NIV
“We will never have enough faith; we must depend entirely on God and Christ. We exercise our faith in humility, simply trusting that God can act in and through us. It is God who acts; it is we who trust him as he acts… ‘There is struggling faith, like a man in deep water desperately swimming; clinging faith, like a man hanging on the side of a boat; and resting faith, like a man safely within the boat and able to reach out and help others get in.’ We often have a struggling faith like the father (Mark 9:24), and God’s help and power are available as we wrestle with life” (Grant Osborne, Mark: Teach the Text Commentary Series).
Prayer: Heavenly Father, in every ministry challenge to love others, may we trust the one who moves mountains. May we grow in resting faith that reaches out to others through prayer and helps them into the boat of the Lord’s salvation. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Let’s sing to the song, “Spirit of God” by New Life Worship (click here).
-CR