Help my unbelief...!!!!

And straightaway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief" Mark 9:24

Ever wonder what makes a man make such a desperate cry with tears streaming down his face? Take a boy plagued by demons right from childhood. Demons that throw a boy into fire and into waters to destroy him reqquire constant vigilance. Vigilance long and many years running. Many years later, many people seen, many priests many solutions offered most likely, none of them working. It starts to set in somewhere along the line. Slowly but surely, the agony of despair. It creeps in unawares and before you know it, it as much a part of your life as the very air you breathe.

Step out of the old testament, step into modern times, different situations, the same feelings. Tried to fight situations so many times in different ways, in a world that says if you can't beat them join them, if you don't succeed try and try again, principles which we wrongly take out of context at times and apply to areas which they were never intended for. So rather than trust in the one who has all the answers, the one who knew us before we were born (Jer 1:5), the one who ordained spiritual blessings for us long before we knew of them (Eph 1:3-6). We have a prodigal child in all of us, the part of us that wants to try out everything "we" can to help ourselves before we even entertain the thought of turning our eyes to the Lord God for help. We have what is called selective belief, leaving some things to God, and sorting out the rest ourselves. A very human tendency, because everyone at some point in time goes through i those times.
But then, Prov 3:5 says, trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In Mark 9:23, Jesus gives the father of the child a simple command, If only you can believe, all things are possible to him who believeth.
Faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains, small as it is, it is complete faith so complete that out of it comes out one of the mightiest trees you will ever see. For his faith and his belief in God, Abraham was made the father of not just many nations but from him nations have been blessed and are still being blessed.

How far down the road of despair are you? All you need is believe, believe and trust God to work out your unbelief. The unbelief because you have been down this road so many times before, the unbelief that comes from so many solutions offered from which none have worked, the unbelief because rather than move forward, you have moved some steps back. All it takes is one touch from God, all it takes is that unshakeable belief from you.
The belief that even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death that He is your shepherd (Psalm 23:4)
The belief that even if you have had the same problem for 12 years just one touch can make you whole again (Matt 9:20-22)
Most importantly, the belief that even if nothing happens, He is still God (Dan 3:17-18). hard to swallow? Indeed but true it is.
No matter how far gone you are, lift up your eyes. Your help is within your reach, my God, He neither slumbers or sleeps