The father instantly cried out, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:24 NLT
When I fail as a Christian, and take time to reflect, I often come at some point to questioning the depth of my faith. I remember what I could do with just a mustard seed and wonder if I really have any faith at all. I doubt.
So faith and doubt look like a continuum. This becomes a self-reinforcing (and faith-defeating) paradigm.
How do you snap out of this line of thought? Well, there once was a guy who said, “…if you can.” to Jesus. We need to remember His response, “What do you mean, ‘if I can’?” We need to cling to these words as our bodies cling to life.
Of course He can. He is in the business of ‘can’ and even more in the business of ‘does.’ We also need desperately to remember that God chose to ‘do’ through us. He’s already put more faith in us, in you, than He ever expects in return.