On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not. Jesus answered, O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here. While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, (Luke 9:37-43 ESV)
O faithless and twisted generation… Wow! How do we take this? Jesus asks how long does He have to bear with us. Wo is He bearing with? The ,an asking for his son to be set free or the disciples? And why were the disciples not able to cast the demon out?
We can only speculate, as Luke does not go into it specifically. When Jesus hears the boy is held by a power and the disciples could not cast it out, He knows why, but does not tells us right out. He asks how long He has to put up with our faithless and twisted generation… Oh if Jesus were here now what would He say?
Why are they faithless and twisted? Why can the disciples not cast out the demons?
Maybe the generation is faithless and twisted and can’t cast the demons out because of the reason they are trying to cast them out. What is the reason the disciples are trying to cast out the demon? Yes the father asked them to, but are they motivated by freeing the child, or because they want the notoriety of casting out a demon? Why do we do the things we do? Is it because we are truly motivated for others to feel and receive the love of God, or because we want people to see the things we are doing and give us the credit?
You see Jesus is telling us it is not about us, and it is not our way. Jesus calls us to follow and to give everything up and allow Him to guide us and to lead us where are is taking us. It is not my way but His way that matters.
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