September 12, 2018
Matthew 17:14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
As we explored in our passage on Monday, faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things yet unseen. As we learned from our passage on Tuesday, we must have faith that when God corrects us and disciplines us, he sees something in us that must be surrendered so we can move forward in his plan. In our passage today, Jesus tells the disciples the reason they were unable to cast out a demon was because of their “little faith.”
Our faith can move mountains, but that faith must be “living faith.” In other words, our faith must be accompanied by actions that reveal our devotion and our confidence in God. Our lives will bear the fruit of active faith as we put ourselves in God’s hands and allow the Spirit to make us more like Jesus who knew the will of God. With God all things are possible and he works upon our faith. So continue to set your faith out for the work of good…of God.