Why Did the Disciples Fail?

~~~ Habakkuk 1:12-2:4 ~~~ Psalm 9 ~~~ Matthew 17: 14-20 ~~~

"...you gaze on the faithless in silence..."

These few words from the Prophet Habakkuk raise questions for me.

Does God look from afar on those who do not have faith?

Does he never try to reach them?

Silence from God would be so painful to endure.

But is God ever really silent or is it that we fail to hear him?

God is patient with his children...if today you do not have faith he will wait.

He will wait until you open your mind and heart to accept

his gift of faith.

"...He brings them all up with his hook,
he hauls them away with his net,
He gathers them in his seine;
and so he rejoices and exults..."

God gathers us to himself as a fisherman draws up his net

 full of the day's catch.

Just as fisherman rejoices at his catch God rejoices

at those who accept his gift of faith.

God instructed the prophet to have this dream recorded so that it

would be readily available to others.

The Lord offers words of patience

"...If it delays, wait for it,
it will surely come, it will not be late..."

God will gather us unto himself.

In order to be caught up in the net it is necessary to sacrifice your control.

If you allow God to be in control of your life;

you surrender to be caught up in the net.

It also takes great faith and trust in the Lord to be caught

in the net. Once in the net you are dependent on the one

who draws up the net.

"...They trust in you who cherish your name,
for you forsake not those who seek you, O LORD."

Do you trust the Lord enough to swim freely into the net?

The man with the possessed son kneels down before Jesus;

Without the net present he is completely trusting in Jesus.

His faith is moving him to take action on behalf of his son.

This healing by Jesus is a wake up call to the disciples because

they were not able to heal this child.

If you have faith in your connection to the Lord,

this realization alone gives you power.

Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain,
"Move from here to there," and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you."

My dear readers, how would you rate your faith?

There is faith and then there is FAITH.

It takes FAITH which comes from God to move mountains.

The Lord says,

"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed...

Nothing will be impossible for you."

What challenges your faith today?

Do you believe all things are possible?