Matthew 9:27-29

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.” Then He touched their eyes, saying, “It shall be done to you according to your faith.”^[1]

Is God credible? Can we trust the promises that He has made? Are the exploits we read about in His Word time stamped for an age gone by or are they readily available for His church today? Do miracles still happen in our time or were these merely utilitarian for gathering a people that would eventually become His Church? These are questions many over the generations have asked and that they continue to ask today. They are questions you and I have asked and whether we articulated them in the format I have listed we have asked them by how allow our faith to function. When we encounter these two blind men we find in them following Jesus based on what they heard. They had never seen Jesus perform a miracle but they heard He was able. So they followed Him because they decided that He was credible. They had such confidence in His credibility that they never even considered their personal vulnerability.

Is God credible in your life? Credibility is “the quality of being believable or worthy of trust.” These two men were blind and still followed Jesus, while many who have sight and have seen the goodness, grace and mercy of the Lord will not follow. To rely upon what we can see is not faith. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” If our faith is to function effectively in this world that is malfunctioning, then we must learn that even if we cannot see our way clear, we have to believe our way clear.

Understand this, the God we serve is a systematic God. Whenever He produces a thing he always provides first. Before He made plants the soil was already in place. Before He made the creatures of the oceans and seas the water was already in place. Once we understand that it is the nature of God to operate in this fashion then we will own that everything we need has already been provided before we were even created. Our breakthrough, healing, deliverance, and promotion have already been provided. We can believe it and receive it because God is credible. Now all we need to do is allow our faith to function based on His credibility.

Dear Heavenly Father, forgive us for operating according to what we can see rather then by faith. We marvel at the faith of these two blind men who have neither seen Your Son or the miracles He performed and still had enough faith to cry out to Him for mercy. Thank you for demonstrating Your credibility in their lives and healing them according to their faith. May You have mercy on us today for our lack of faith and bless us accordingly. Amen.

^[1] New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Mt 9:27–29.