2012/01/18 When You Believe

"There can be miracles, when you believe.
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.
Who knows what miracles you can achieve.
When you believe, somehow you will.
You will when you believe."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxIN79n4jVo

This song sound familiar huh? While I was reading Mark chapter 9 it talks about "Believe."  As a matter of fact, in Greek "Believe" and "Faith" is the same word "pistis." Scripture defines faith is "being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrew 11:1"  Here's the thing, there are time we just can't convinced ourselves to totally and wholeheartedly trust everything will be fine in God's hand. Whenever we pray,  we will still  have doubts and uncertainty of what we hope for. If you look through Mark chapter 9, you would have known how Jesus was being irritated by the unbelieving generation. Haha! I could tell his expression would be like =..= ...sigh....... and then He said " unbelieving generation, how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?"

Sometimes, people just can't choose to believe in God nor believe in love. Not that they don't want to but they just need to overcome something.  In this generation, is " God is Love" this idea becomes too obsolete for people to believe?  If you want to know why would some believers could be filled up with joy every second of their life and you would love to experience that kind of joy,  you may ask God to soften your heart just as He did to the evil possessed kid's dad. That guy was very honest with God and he said " I do believe; help me overcome my disbelief!  Mark 9:24"  While we come before God, we don't have to pretend or try to convince ourselves anything, all you have to do is being honest with Him and ask His strength to overcome whatever you need to conquer. If you read through Matthew and Mark you could see even though back in the days people were experiencing wonders and miracles performed by Jesus, they still let fear and doubts dictated them. Why?  Because it's not about what we see that counts yet it's about what are hearts. Once your heart is soften and conquer disbelief, you will be set free and  you would very well realize "with  God all things are possible!" He never backs out His promises.