Day by Day with Martin Luther

Read: 1st Kings 14:1-15:24 Acts 10:1-23 Proverbs 17:7-8

“God’s Will Toward Us”

“And Jesus said to him, “If you can! All things are possible for one who believes.”
[Mark 9:23]

You must rather, without any wavering or doubt, realize His will toward you and firmly believe that He will do great things also to you, and is willing to do so! Such a faith has life and being; it pervades and changes the whole man; it constrains you to fear if you are mighty, and to take comfort if you are of low degree. And the mightier you are, the more you must fear; the lowlier you are, the more you must take comfort. This no other kind of faith is able to effect. Even at the hour of our death, we believe that not only has He the power and the knowledge, but also the desire to help you. To this faith all things are possible, as Christ says in Mark 9:23.