Daily Power #114

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. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored. (Matt. 9:28–30)

When my oldest daughter Catie was maybe two or three, she got a terrible case of poison ivy. The doctor gave us some ointment but said Catie would just have to endure the painful itching for at least a week.

Once we were home, Catie was crying and scratching, and I said, “Baby, I know it’s hard but don’t scratch and it’ll get better in a few days, okay?”

“No, Daddy,” she said, “Jesus is going to heal me.”

It was such a sweet moment, so innocent and pure. But I wanted Catie to understand that Jesus doesn’t always heal us the way we want when we want it, so I tried to explain it to her.

“No, Daddy,” she insisted. “Jesus is going to make my poison ivy go away. I prayed and he’s going to heal me.”

I decided not to argue with her but dreaded seeing her crushed the next day when she was still itchy. The next morning, Amy and I were still in bed when Catie ran in wearing nothing but her Barney panties and beamed, “Mommy and Daddy, look! Ta-da!”

“Put some clothes on, young lady!” Amy said. “Where are your pajamas?”

“No, Mommy—look! It’s gone.”

There wasn’t a sign of poison ivy anywhere on Catie’s little body. God had honored the faith of a little child. He will honor your faith too.

Power Lift

My faith is in you, Lord, even for things that seem impossible. Today I’m all in, trusting you fully each step of the way.