Matthew 17:18-20

Matthew 17:18-20 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Jesus commissioned his disciples to do His work. After all, one person can only do so much. But the disciples could not cast out the demon that tormented this boy. So Jesus had to rebuke the devil and heal the little boy. I am sure that the disciples were embarrassed that they couldn’t help the boy, and they questioned Jesus as to why they were powerless. Jesus told them that they needed faith. Not a lot of faith, but just a little faith. But the question was, “faith in Whom?” You may really, really believe that you can do something. That is faith in yourself. But you still may not be able to do it. You must have faith in God, and God must want you to do it. In some things, God’s will is clear. The Bible tells us what He wants us to do. But in others, we must pray and ask God for direction. And when God’s Spirit tells us what to do – and we have faith in God – we will be able to do anything! Anything t5hat God wants us to do.