ALL THINGS are possible

"If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."

--Jesus, Mark 9:23, NKJV

 

A young man was in great need.  Unable to communicate, seized by violent convulsions, given to self-destructive behavior, he had been tormented by an evil spirit since his childhood.  We are given no reason for his condition, no indication of how it started or why, no explanation for why this one had been targeted by the working of Satan.  But word had reached his loving father that Jesus the miracle worker was in town.  Perhaps this Jesus could do something for his son.

 

Bringing the boy to where Jesus was said to be, the father found not the healer but nine of his disciples.  These were seasoned members of the ministry team, witnesses to the wonder working power of their teacher and active participants themselves.  These had preached sermons and performed miracles and exorcised demons.  Surely they could help.  As a crowd gathered, the disciples attempted to do what they had done and seen done many times before.  Only this time, it didn't work.  Soon they were engaged in a public debate that turned a victim into a spectacle, still helpless in his affliction while others discussed the theological implications of his pitiful condition.

 

But as they were speaking, Jesus showed up.

 

He heard the desperate cry of the father, saw the devastation in the life of the son, and as the young man convulsed, Jesus spoke.  "Only believe.  All things are possible.  Only believe."

 

To which the father replied, "Lord, I believe.  Help my unbelief!"

 

Then Jesus rebuked the evil spirit and rendered the young man delivered and completely whole!

 

People were always saying to Jesus, "If you can..."  And Jesus reply, and His response, was always, "Of course I can.  If you can believe for it, I can certainly do it."  He healed the blind, the lame, the deaf, the mute.  He cast out demons and raised the dead back to life.  He fed 5000 with 5 fish sandwiches.  He walked on water and turned it into wine.  There was nothing He could not do.  There is nothing He will not do, for those who believe.

 

And still today, people ask, "If you can..."

 

He can.  Nothing is impossible with God.  When One has all power and all authority, He can do absolutely anything.  Not just that, He can do everything!  Whatever you need from Him today, believe.  I mean REALLY BELIEVE!  And see what God will do for you.