Our devotion for today is from Matthew 17:14–18.
Let’s read it together.
When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus and knelt before Him. “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you?
Bring the boy here to Me.” Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
May God bless the reading of his word.
In the midst of this crowd, a desperate situation unfolds. The disciples are unable to heal a demon-possessed boy, leaving the scene fraught with tension. Jesus arrives, and his response is a piercing question: “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long must I endure you?”
His words aren’t meant to criticize merely but to show us a deeper truth.
When we face trials and the limitations of our own abilities, do we turn to Jesus with unwavering trust?
Or do we harbor doubts, attempting to solve problems in our own strength? Perhaps prayers we do not offer or struggles we keep hidden are indicators of wavering faith.
Jesus’s presence here is an invitation to bring our burdens, big or small, to him. He longs for us to rely on his power, for in that reliance, our faith deepens and wonders unfold.
Lonnie Davis,