I've been learning a lot lately about faith. It's easy to have faith in things you see every day. I have faith the sun will come up tomorrow. After all, it has come up every day of my life.
But having faith in something you can't see is not so easy. My experience tells me that I cannot walk on water. I sink. That is how the universe works. And yet, I read about Peter walking on water. So why can't I?
A while back, I was reading in Matthew 9.
Two blind men approached Jesus, asking Him to have mercy on them. Jesus asked if they believed he could heal them. “Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”;”
Matthew 9:29 NIV
I've read this many times before and never noticed that he says "according to your faith." Then I thought about what that meant. It says to me that they would receive what they are believing for. Nothing more, nothing less.
Why were there so many miracles performed in the bible? Sure Jesus did a lot of them, but so did the apostles. Jesus sent them out and told them to heal the sick, raise the dead and cast out demons. (Matthew 10) They came back amazed that even the demons obeyed their commands. Jesus had given them HIS power to do these things in His name.
So why don't we see so many miracles today? What did the disciples have that we don't? I'm thinking it is faith. They SAW Jesus work. They knew what could happen. I think we have lived so long in a desert that we don't expect miracles any more.
I believe God can do anything, in theory. But I am being called to step out of the boat. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us. "Take my hand," says Jesus. Come on. Let's step out of the boat together.
