Word, through the faith community and, most wonderfully, I imagine the father standing there in the middle of the
through Jesus. chaos – his epileptic boy twitching on the ground, the voices of
We often don’t have answers to so many of our questions. others crying out for healing, the crush of hundreds of people
Why does God seem to intervene in some situations and not jostling for position – and sensing that this is the defining mo-in others? When will there be ultimate justice? How ment of his life. He swallows hard. “I do believe,”
will God bring it about? But we always have the an- he says. And then he adds instinctively, “Help me
Pray.
swer to the Who question. If we wonder who God is, Even when overcome my unbelief!”
if we need to know if God truly is about justice and you seem The father is too desperate for charades. He
mercy and a love for us that cannot be exhausted, we comes to Jesus believing just enough to trust that
to be talking
only have to look at Jesus to get our answer. Jesus will help him with his unbelief. And that,
into the void.
Knowing who Jesus is allows us to trust God’s it turns out, is enough faith to move the heart of
Even when
character even when our present emotions or cir- God.
you have
cumstances lead us in other directions. I will not let You go until You bless me.
no words.
I do believe; help my unbelief.
Pray
These are prayers God blesses – the prayers of
honest people who understand that doubt is sometimes normal and that faith is worth fighting for.
Don’t Stop the Conversation
Pray. Even when you seem to be talking into the
void. Even when you have no words. Pray.
One of my favourite prayers is recorded in the Gospel
of Mark. A father brings his very ill son to Jesus for healing.
He pours out his heart to the Healer, crying, “If you can do
anything, take pity on us and help us.”
“ ‘If you can’ ” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one
who believes.”
Carolyn Arends is the author of Wrestling With Angels (Harvest
House, 2008) and a recording artist whose nine albums (the most
recent being Pollyanna’s Attic) have earned two Dove awards
and three Juno nominations.
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