Mark 9:24
Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
You can feel the pain in this verse. This father was at the end of his rope! His is the story of a father whose his son had been suffering for years. He stands before Jesus with those trembling words: “I do believe; help my unbelief.”
He does not perform. He does not pretend. He held belief in one hand and doubt in the other and yet brought both to Jesus anyway.
Real faith is not the absence of fear, but the refusal to stop reaching out in prayer. Jesus didn’t judge the father or hold his doubts against his son. He had compassion and healed the child.
When you believe, your unpolished, trembling prayer is enough. Bring it to Jesus, anyway.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.
Prayer: Lord, take my weak but willing faith, meet me in my doubts, and teach my heart to trust You more.