"And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying."
In today's quote Jesus healed a young man possessed of a devil His apostles had been unable to cast out. After completing the task and berating His apostles because of their lack of faith, Jesus said, "Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying."
Jesus was telling them that soon He would be taken away from them and that they would then be required to demonstrate enough faith to accomplish the things they would be charged to do.
Even today we, the children of God, fail miserably when it comes to the application of, and reliance on, our pitifully weak faith. We know that God has promised to give us whatever we ask if we truly believe we will receive it, yet we still fail to demonstrate our faith in our every day lives.~
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