"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24)
I believe and I doubt. I hope and I fear. I pray and I waver. I ask and I worry. I believe; help my unbelief.
I get that prayer. That's the Doubter's Prayer… I believe; help my unbelief.
Now this is not exactly a ringing endorsement of Jesus, and you wonder, "How is He going to respond?"
Jesus says, "I'm shocked and appalled you actually have doubts. Too bad for you…. I have no time for this kind of insulting request!" (Reversions 9:25; I just kind of made that one up).
Aren't you glad Jesus doesn't really say that? Aren't you glad He doesn't walk away? Instead, He speaks to the man's son. The boy is healed and will live. He will grow up. He will make friends. He will learn the Torah. He will work alongside his dad. He will get married someday, maybe. He will grow to be an old, old man, and he will remember the day when he was a boy and a young rabbi did what nobody else could do. He will remember the day he stood alone with Jesus on a mountain.
-- John Ortberg in Faith & Doubt
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