Matthew 17:14-21
King James Version (KJV)
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Ang Diyos ay may maraming kaparaanan upang sagutin ang ating mga katanungan at mga pangangailangan, at kung ating pag-aaralan at aalamin sa ating Pang-unawa, lahat ng kanyang kasagutan ay naka-equate po pala sa ating pananampalataya.
Subalit ano nga po ba ang tunay na pananampalataya, paano nga kumikilos ang Diyos sa ating mga pananampalataya? May mga bagay ba na ninanais ang Diyos para sa atin? Mga bagay na pwedeng pamarisan at tularan? may pamamtayan ba tayong pwedeng masundan at gawing sukatan ?
Sa atin pong mababasa…ilang bagay po ang ating makukuha.
Una, The Weary ………………
Tignan natin, ang sabi nya’y “Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.”
Gaya noong isang Ama, Marami din sa atin may mga problema,
Mga pagsubok na akala mo’y mga bundok,
At mga katanungan na naghihintay ng kasagutan.
Gaya nya, madami din sa atin we evaluate things in a wrong way, “Ah Epileptic lang ito” pero posses na pala…. Yung bang we mis-judge yung mga bagay na akala natin maliit lang ba, pero kung ating susuriin pagkalaki-laki na na pala…
Kapatid, as we come to the Lord in times of our need, let us not be blinded, or without knowledge …….Siyasatin natin, ano nga ba ang ating tunay na kakamtin at hihilingin?
Sabi nga, Let us avoid denials in times of trial.
Pangalawa, The Work …….
Ang Diyos po ay di namimili, bagama’t tayo ay nagkulang at nagkamali, Siya po’y handa at bukas pa din sa ating mga pangangailangan.
“He will not in any means turn His back from us” He will still do His work……
Bagama’t gaya nuong nangyari, hindi po natuwa ang Diyos,
“Lahing walang pananampalataya at matigas ang ulo! Hanggang kailan dapat akong manatiling kasama ninyo?Hanggang kalian ko kayo pagtitiisan? Dalhin nyo rito ang bata!”
Ginawa pa din Nya’ng harapin at sagutin ang pangangailangan.
Ilan nga ba sa atin yung minsan may ganoong kaisipan…yun bang “Ah, aayusin ko muna yung problema o mga kinakaharap ko, then saka ako haharap o lalapit sa Panginoon.”
How many from us, like to play and act as God in our life….
“Let me, – I, me and myself – fixed this problem”
And how many from us have succeeded?
If we are facing problems, huwag po nating pagka-isipin na tayo’y tatalikuran ng Diyos, wag nating isipin na ang Diyos ay may requirement or preference bago tayo lumapit sa Kanya.
Kung may tamang oras sa paglapit sa Panginoon, ngayon po ang takdang oras, hindi bukas, hindi kahapon, subalit ngayon.
Pangatlo, The Worth ……….
Sinabi ni Hesus, kung tayo po daw ay may magkaroon ng pananampalataya na sinlaki ng ng buto ng kalabasa, anu mang bagay na ating naisin, ito po daw ay mangyayari.
Sa mga katagang ito, dalawang bagay po ang ating mauunawaan.
Una, It’s personal and it’s universal, it doesn’t count or matter whether you’re a worker or a regular member, ito po ay para sa lahat, no one is exempted, The Lord is talking to His disciples and even them disciples na, ninais pa din ng Diyos na sila’y lumago sa kanilang pananampalataya.
Pangalawa,It’s growing and changing, gaya ng isang buto ng tanim, pag ito po ay itinanim natin sa lupa, ang Diyos po na makapangyarihan ay babaguhin ang mga butong ito at gagawin po itong isang masaganang halaman.
Gaya ng ating pananampalataya, sa oras na atin po itong ilagak sa kamay na lupa ng Panginoon, ito po ay kanyang babaguhin at palalaguin.
“No matter how big and great that mountain is, He is still able to plant us on top of it, and through His protection, no cloudy storm can put us down.”
At Panghuli, The Way ……..
Paano po natin ito itatanim o ilalagak sa Panginoon?
Ang kasagutan po ay sa pamamagitan ng Panalangin. We plant or release our faith to God’s hand through our prayers as He have said …..
“….except by prayer and fasting”
Yesterday, as I was listening to the Pastor’s devotion, it was quoted….
“If we work, we work, but as we pray, God works….”
As my Conclusion,
Madami sa atin dumaranas ng pagsubok
We might be having huge circumstances set in front of our life, problems might be from left to right… or whatever we facing right now., if we want to move mountains, or want to be on top of this huge valleys, if we are in need of understanding, and asking for deliverance, from sorrow to joy, from sadness to gladness, from better to best…
Miracles do happen…..
Plant that seed now!!!….
Nagtatanim,
Bro. Adel
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