“Because of your faith it will happen.” Matthew 9:29
When we live our lives with the Lord our God in heaven, we always run across questions that we cannot answer. We know down deep within us that what has happened, whether good or bad, has happened for a reason. We know that our God is in control and that all things work for the good of our Lord. However, these types of questions seem to linger and always seem to allow doubts to creep in. My wife and I lost our son to brain cancer this past September. We knew of this disease for 27 months and during this time we stood and prayed God’s promises and believed with faith that he would be healed. The result was not what we were believing for. Why didn’t he recover by a miracle of God? Why didn’t God keep his promise of protection over our son so that he could be alive today. I have asked God on many occasions to answer this question for me and this morning he did just that. God showed me that He has not changed. He is the same and has never changed and never will change. If you notice in Matthew 9:29 I have under scored the word YOUR. In this scripture Jesus was talking to the blind man and told him that “it is because of your faith that you have been healed.” It was not because of the faith of those around him or the faith of his parents, but his faith. You and I can never achieve enough faith to have faith on behalf of someone else. Our son had been brought up in Jesus. He studied the word and prayed faithfully. His faith, in our eyes was very strong. It was so strong that he lasted 27 months fighting the disease he was struggling with. Until someone goes through fighting a disease, or any struggle for that matter, we don’t not know the loss of strength and the anxiety that wears on a person. It is hard to get someone who is sick to stay strong in faith. When someone dies, those who have prayed faithfully for them have not failed. The person who goes to be with Jesus has not failed and God has not failed. We will see our loved one again in heaven. Faith is up to each and everyone of us. We cannot have faith for others, but we can lead them to the cross of Jesus where they can begin to build their faith. Our God is always faithful. I am sure that each of us will know when our faith on earth runs out and it is time to go home with Jesus. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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