Is There Faith on the Earth?

 Is There Faith on the Earth?

Has disappointment every kept you from trying?

Has your prayers seemed to go unanswered?

And you felt you did not have enough faith?

Well, don’t give up.

Your faith only has to be like a seed!

No bigger than a mustard seed.

Jesus asked the question

will He find faith on the earth when He returns?

In Luke 18,

Jesus seems to be addressing the religious people.

The question comes out of a statement,

“you should always pray and never give up.”

I find myself asking the question

have I given up?

Have we settled for less than

what God has for us?

Is prayer and fasting really valid?

Or, are things just going to happen

because that’s the way it is?

Jesus’ disciples were trying to heal a boy

with epileptic seizures;

but were unsuccessful.

Jesus told them that

it only take faith the size of a mustard seed

and prayer and fasting

to heal epileptic seizures. Matthew 17:14 NKJV

I wonder if our great world of medicine

has kept us from seeing the healing power

Jesus seemed to freely walk in.

After pastoring for over 30 years,

I have seen my share of disappointments.

Times when I prayed and fasted for the sick

and they did not get better.

I have to confess there have been times

I have become apathetic in my prayers.

Going through the motions

with little expectation.

Jesus used a woman to teach us not to give up.

And God again

has used a woman named Sandy

to teach me to never give up.

The Bible tells us that it was demons that caused

something in that little boys brain to have seizures.

But whether you see the problem

from a spiritual point of view or a physical…

Jesus removed the oppressed and healed the boy.

Will He find faith on the earth?

He will if we keep knocking and don’t give up!

Scripture Reading

Luke 18:1-8 NIV

18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them

that they should always pray and not give up.

2 He said: "In a certain town there was a judge

who neither feared God nor cared about men.

3 And there was a widow in that town

who kept coming to him with the plea,

'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

4 "For some time he refused.

But finally he said to himself,

'Even though I don't fear God or care about men,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me,

 I will see that she gets justice,

so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'" 

6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones,

who cry out to him day and night?

Will he keep putting them off?

8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly.

 However, when the Son of Man comes,

will he find faith on the earth?"