Matthew 9:27-30
Prayer and Believing
27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they replied.
29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30 and their sight was restored.
Matthew 21:22
Prayer and Believing
22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
Matthew 17:20
Faith and Trust
20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Jesus tells us when we pray, we should expect results...Why else pray?...When we ask Jesus for help, we should believe that He is able to answer the prayer...When the two blind men ask Jesus for help with their sight, which is essence a prayer, Jesus ask them a question...The question was, "Do you believe that I can heal them...Then He told the blind men that according to their faith, they would receive their sight...
The blind men took these steps to receive an answer to their prayer...They ask for His mercy...They must believe that He can answer their prayer...Their prayer was answered according to their faith...Then their sight was restored...
Faith and trust are needed to get our prayers answered...Faith and trust are very much related...
Jesus has what I call "complete faith with complete trust in God"...His faith in God is perfectly complete...His trust in God is perfectly complete...He does not doubt...He completely believes in God the Father...
But it seems their are degrees of faith...Jesus tells them "so little faith" stopped the disciples from healing a boy...They needed a little more...Jesus tells the disciples that they had "so little faith" and it caused them a problem in trying to heal the young boy...A tiny amount of faith was not enough to heal the possessed boy...Mustard seed faith is better than "so little faith"...So, if we have stronger faith and stronger trust in the Father and Son, that is better...The blind men received their sight back according to their faith...Mustard seed faith is better than "so little faith"...
If we have complete faith and complete trust in the Father, we can walk on water...If we have this type of faith, we can heal the blind...If we have this type of faith we can move mountains...Jesus has this type of faith and trust...He has complete faith and complete trust in the Father...That is why according to His faith, nothing is impossible for Him...
Jesus teaches us to expect results from our prayer, and according to the faith we have in Him and the Father, and our prayers will be answered...We would do well to have more faith in God, and to trust Him more, and move and grow from our so little faith...Let us pray to Jesus, for more faith and more trust...