According to you Faith

In Matthew 9 we see three more examples of the importance of faith.  In each case, healing occurred based on true faith.  In 9:2 Jesus healed the man sick of the palsy when he saw the faith of those who brought him.  In 9:22 Jesus healed the woman with the issue of blood, saying to her, “…thy faith had made thee whole.”  And finally in 9:29 Jesus healed the two blind men.  Jesus asked them in 9:28, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?  They said unto him, Yea, Lord.”  Then, in verse 29, “Jesus touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.”   This kind of faith is truly needed in my life.  In this chapter Jesus does some great things according to the faith of those He heals.  Certainly the Bible is clear that faith is “the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).  We can do nothing to earn faith and we definitely do not deserve faith.  Yet God is pleased to grant it to whomever He wills. 

My response to this chapter and the miraculous healings according to faith is to cry out to God, “Lord, help thou mine unbelief” (Mark 9:24).  O Father, may it seem good in your sight to answer my prayer for your own glory!