“Lord I believe, but help my unbelief” is a prayer that I’ve prayed many times through the years. It’s one thing to read about God’s miraculous power in the Bible and how the saints of God trusted Him, but I believe it is more intensive trying to walk by faith in today’s world. Believing that God wants to fulfill us not only through his manifested presence in our life, but supplying needs and special desires is a walk of faith. It is difficult sometimes to keep on believing.
We must remember that God is not like the human race with fallible, wishy-washy attitudes that are misguided and lacking follow-through. We cannot compare God to humanity. Mankind will always fall short of the mark of excellence and fail in the attempts to achieve perfection, because of human nature. God is truth, perfection, and everlasting compassion, with eternal love.
If God says that He will do something, believe Him. He does not lie. When a person accepts Jesus as Lord and invites Him into his or her heart by asking to be forgiven of their sins, they pass from death unto life in the eyes of God. God sees that person as perfect through Jesus His Son. They become joint-heirs with Christ; sons and daughters of God.
(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.’” vs.22 “‘And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.’”
(James 1:6), “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.”
Our Father in heaven desires to bless his children with good gifts. God promises that He will give His children the desires of their heart. They need only to ask. When the asking begins, I remind God that I believe in His Word and that I have faith, but I ask Him for help with my human frailties and mental attitudes of unbelief.
Many times we want something so badly that our ambitious thought process for obtaining it captures every waking moment. We pray without ceasing hoping that God will hear, yet our petition is seemingly not answered. Rest in the Lord! Keep on believing! Keep on trusting God and begin to thank Him for the answer even though the results are still hidden from view.
Many times we want something so badly that our ambitious thought process for obtaining it captures every waking moment. We pray without ceasing hoping that God will hear, yet our petition is seemingly not answered. Rest in the Lord! Keep on believing! Keep on trusting God and begin to thank Him for the answer even though the results are still hidden from view.
(James 5:16), “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”
God is never late. His timing is impeccable; perfect and flawless. He is always on time, so don’t give up hope or the faith that brings hope to fruition. Refuse to listen to Satan’s lies. The answer is just around the corner, because God promised that He will give to us what we believe Him for.
We may not see the answer yet, but as we maintain faith, while trusting that the answer is on the way, we will see it come into view and materialize. The promise of God will present itself before our searching eyes. God does not make mistakes, nor has He forgotten where we live. Keep on believing.
Exercising and maintaining faith takes discipline with an attitude of steadfastness, until the answer becomes reality. We behold our petition through the eye of faith, because we trust God. He supplies the need according to His will, because we keep on believing that He will do so. When the answer to our prayer appears, it causes our emotions to spring up from the inner most part of our being like a river of living water. Faith is increased as we read God’s Word.
(Hebrews 11:1), “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Stand strong in the knowledge that God wants to give to us more than we desire to receive. Keep on believing. Don’t let the 3D’s creep in and steal your hopes and dreams. Disappointment, Discouragement and Doubt steal victory. Rebuke the devil when disappointment is thrown your way before you sink to the level of discouragement and then doubt. Refuse to submit to Satan’s tactics to deceive.
God loves you with a passion that cannot be equaled and He wants you to be happy. Keep on believing with all that is within you and pray that God will help you in times of unbelief, and He will.
Written by,
Papa Boyd
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