Mark 6:5-6
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
When I first read this scripture years ago, I thought to myself that there was never a time God couldn't work. But the scriptures tell us different. Here in His own home town, Christ could do no great works. Look at how the word tells it... "Save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk..."
The scripture next shows the amazement of Jesus toward their unbelief. The people He was so close to couldn't, or wouldn't, believe.
Have you ever thought why wouldn't they believe? What was wrong with these people? They had Jesus, the Son of God, right there in their own home town and they were missing it. He often walked their streets and these people couldn't see it. They probably talked with Him in the market places and didn't believe.
I believe it was because they couldn't get past the flesh. What good was Jesus, the son of a carpenter, going to do? They didn't see Him as the Son of God, but rather just the carpenter's son. Their eyes led their faith as far as it would take them. But the Word of God teaches us that hope that is seen is not hope. Faith that has to be visible isn't faith at all. Romans 8:24-25 "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."
Do you wonder why God's not moving? Maybe you think it's because He can't work. The truth is that God can and will work. There is nothing too hard for Him. The reason He can't work is because of our faithlessness. It's because of our disbelief. Only Believe, Only Believe, All things are Possible, Only Believe!! According to His will, He will move and work.
