January 5, 2022

FAITH AND BELIEVING

Matthew 21:21-22

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

Personal Challenge

Jesus promised us that if we have faith and no doubt, then whatever things we ask in prayer, believing, will be granted to us. This sounds pretty open-ended. We often ask that if this is true, then why aren't our prayers answered. Isn't that question in and of itself an expression of our underlying doubt? Shouldn't we also be aware that if we are following in the footstep of Jesus, becoming more like Him, then the things that we will be asking for in prayer would be the things that He would pray for. Our God is not a vending machine that we put a prayer into expecting an answer. He is our Father. We are to be in relationship with him through Jesus. In that relationship we will be asking for those things that would glorify Him and not us. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!