I know this is a weird title but my other one (are you a pervert?) was worse. Before you hit the x, let me explain my choice of verbiage. I was reading Matthew 17:17 and read this, "Jesus replied, O unbelieving and perverse generation!" God had wonderful things planned for his chosen people. He had even equipped his disciples to go out proclaim the good news and heal. And when they are unable to perform a miracle, he calls the generation "unbelieving" and "perverse." Hmmm....
Perversion is taking something and using it for something not intended - twisting it into something that isn't beneficial. i.e. perverting justice by twisting a law to fit your need. We might expect Jesus to call the pharisees perverse, or maybe the tax collectors after all they used religion or the government to take care of themselves at the expense of others. Jesus, however, was talking to a crowd of people one of whom was a father who had taken his son to the disciples to be healed. He takes unbelief and links the word perverse with it. Was he telling us that unbelief is something twisted?
If God has called us to do something or has allowed us to see a plan for our life and we don't move forward are we acting in unbelief? If we know the bible says he will heal, or he will provide and we become discouraged because it's not evident yet, are we unbelieving? And if we choose to believe that maybe God really doesn't want us to be healed or that we can't do something he's called us to do, are we perverting something? Are we twisting something God has promised us simply because we can't yet see it with our eyes.
There are many believers today who are walking around with a twisted faith. They believe that Jesus died, rose from the dead and imparted his Spirit, yet they won't believe the good plans he has for them or that he is willing to provide for their every need: physical, emotional and spiritual. Friends, God has great things for us to do and yet we may never do them unless we unbend and believe.
