“And they were talking with Jesus.” That line comes from The Transfiguration story. Elijah and Moses are talking with Jesus. I love this scene because I imagine that they are there to encourage Jesus, that they are talking as friends.

Jesus doesn’t entrust Himself to man. He knows what’s in a man. But these men had been freed from their flesh. They could talk with Jesus. I assume they spoke of the cross and the deliverance and redemption to be accomplished.

Jesus tells Peter, James, and John not to tell anyone what they had seen, for the time being. They obey. We have read many times that Jesus told people not to tell anyone, and they tell everyone. These disciples have a different response. Maybe it helped that God the Father just boomed from the heavens, “This is My Beloved Son. Listen to Him!” They did.

The disciples believed Jesus was the Son of God and the Christ. They believed and they got to see Him in His glory.

The father of the mute boy believed that Jesus could heal his son enough so that he brought his son to the disciples. He wasn’t healed. The disciples couldn’t do it.

That would put a dent in your faith. He asks Jesus to have compassion on them if He can do anything.

Jesus points out the limitlessness of possibility where there is faith.

The question is “if we can believe.”

Faith is a gift. We can’t muster it up. People try to stir up faith using declarations. It doesn’t work, does it?

Faith is knowing. It’s a place of rest. Declarations are a work. They are trying to make something happen. Faith knows it’s already done.

Faith is a humble thing because we know it’s a gift; it’s not of ourselves. We have to rely on God for everything, even the faith to rely on Him for everything!

What we can do is rejoice. We can remember who He is and what He’s done and rejoice!