Mark 9 contains a prayer that I have prayed many times. It is found in verse 24: "I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief!"
When Jesus comes down from the mountain, the father of the demoniac must have been overjoyed. After hours spent with 9 bumbling disciples, the father had to despair that everything would ever been made right. He must have been thinking that the Jesus movement didnt live up to its advertising. That is why it is hard to blame him for the Freudian slip in verse 22: "But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us." The moment that sentence passed from the father's lips, he must have thought he had blown it. A moment of faithlessness was going to cost his son dearly. But in verse 24, there is a quick recovery. The father reveals himself as a person of faith who needs help believing.
I can relate to that. I too am a man of faith who occasionally needs a little boost in the trust department. That is why Mark 9:24 is a prayer I keep at the ready: "I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief!"
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