Unbelief
Mark 6:
1 Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown.
2 The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. They asked,
"Where did he get all this wisdom and the power to perform such miracles?"
3 Then they scoffed, "He's just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us." They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.
4 Then Jesus told them, "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family."
5 And because of their unbelief, he couldn't do any mighty miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6 And he was amazed at their unbelief.
(New Living Bible)
Let's look at a city that was robbed of God's best.
According to Mark 6: 5, when Jesus left the city of Nazareth, He left people languishing on beds of sickness and disease.
There were people who could have been healed and should have been healed.
It was the will of God to heal them.
Now many people say:
"God is all-powerful and if He wanted to heal them, He could have."
Well, wasn't Jesus God in the flesh?
Yes!
Jesus said,
"Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! If you want to see God working, look at Me!" John 14:9
Yet Jesus didn't heal these people. Why?
It was because of their UNBELIEF!
The unbelief of the people of that city robbed them of the blessings of God.
Unbelief robbed them of the healing God wanted to bring them.
adapted from "Health Food Devotions" by Kenneth E. Hagin
Prayer:
Heavenly Father,
thank You that it is Your will to heal me. But I have a part to play.
I have to believe God's Word and refuse to doubt, in order to receive the healing that Jesus bought and paid for me to have.
Thank You, Lord for Your healing upon my life today!
I believe Your Word and receive Your kind of healing today,
in Jesus' mighty name, Amen.