Believe and Receive
Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes." (Mark 9:23) Never divorce Jesus’ words from His person. He is not saying all things are possible if we believe they are, but all things are possible if we believe in Him ! We are not to believe in the power of our faith, our words, or our most sincere convictions (as some erroneously teach), but in the love and power of our God. The meaning of the Christian life is found in our relationship to God in Christ and nowhere else. When our faith is rooted and grounded in Him, we will ask, expect, and receive according to that faith. Then, Jesus says, “All things are possible.” The saint placing all his cares on Jesus is the rarest thing, but the most precious thing to God — and Jesus would have us put everything aside but faith! That is the work we are called to do — to believe, especially when believing is difficult. We sometimes find believing hard, because we ...