[The Glory Unveiled]
And He replied to them, This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting. ( Mark 9:29 )
In the intricacies of nature are the codes that resonate with the heartbeat of that which sustains them. It’s like call and response. The right call brings out the right response while the wrong call brings the wrong response or no response. Jesus had gone to the mountain with three of his disciples while the rest stayed behind to help with the work of ministry. They had seen Jesus pray for the sick and the demon possessed and they recovered. To these disciples, anytime you prayed, results were automatic but that, they later discovered was not always true. They encountered one peculiar case where they had prayed their hearts out but the desired results were not realized. Suddenly Jesus returned from the mountain to see them still battling with the problem they had encountered. Jesus rebuked the demon and it left the boy immediately. So the disciples asked Jesus privately why they couldn’t do in many hours what He did in a few minutes? And then they discovered what we are learning in today’s devotion, that every situation is confronted with a peculiar approach. It is like trying to fix a broken calculator with the spare parts of a radio set. It won’t work no matter the hours spent in the repairing process. Anytime we are confronted with the afflictions of life, we should first seek the blueprint for dealing with it before attempting to fix the problem. That way it is easier to arrive at a solution. If we know what kind of situation confronts us, we are more likely to know what to do about it.
Prayer_Bead: Father in Heaven, Solution to every pollution, thank you for teaching me to depend on your wisdom and spirit of discernment to know how to confront the things that confront me.
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