Will He Find Faith? | When Jesus Asks the Question, Part 10
Key Truth | Faith isn't measured by having all the answers, but by continuing to trust who Jesus is, even when we don't understand what He's doing.
Key Scripture | “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” — Luke 18:8 NKJV
We’ve spent this series sitting with some hard questions Jesus asked.
Questions about who we believe He is, whether we really want to be made well, why we’re afraid, why we doubt, what we truly want, what our pursuits are costing us, whether our lives agree with what we say, how we move beyond shame, and whether we’ve made room simply to be with Him.
Then Jesus asks a question that feels like it gathers all the others together:
“When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
To understand the question, we have to look at the story Jesus told right before it.
Luke tells us exactly why Jesus gave the parable: “that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.”
Jesus tells about a widow seeking justice from a judge who neither feared God nor cared about people. She had little power and no guarantee the judge would listen, yet she continued bringing her request.
Jesus isn’t comparing God to the unjust judge. He’s contrasting them. If even an unjust judge eventually responds, how much more can we trust a good and just God?
Then Jesus asks whether He will find faith.
Maybe that’s the real test of faith: What happens in us when God doesn’t answer as quickly as we hoped?
I’ve lived long enough to realize that faith can look very different after you’ve walked with Jesus for a while. Early faith can be filled with excitement about what God is going to do. Mature faith has often lived through enough disappointment to know that God doesn’t always do what we expected, when we expected, or how we expected.
Delay has a way of revealing what we actually believe about Him.
Do I trust God only when I can see Him working, or do I trust His character when I can’t understand His timing?
The widow’s faith wasn’t built around knowing when the answer would come. She simply refused to allow the delay to change what she believed was worth bringing before the judge.
That’s the kind of faith Jesus seems to be asking about.
The question isn’t whether there will still be churches, sermons, worship songs or people who call themselves Christians.
Will He find faith?
That makes this final question deeply personal.
Will He find it in me?
Not simply the faith I had when everything was new, but faith that has walked through disappointment, questions, failure, waiting and seasons I didn’t understand.
This entire series started because someone I respect asked me a hard question. What surprised me wasn’t the question. It was my response. Instead of immediately becoming defensive, I found myself curious.
Looking back, maybe that was the beginning of something God wanted to teach me.
What if I approached Jesus’ questions the same way?
Instead of defending myself, what if I listened? Instead of explaining why I am the way I am, what if I asked Him what He wants me to see? Instead of rushing toward an answer, what if I stayed with the question long enough for it to change me?
I don’t want to become a man who is too defensive to be corrected, too busy to listen, too driven to examine what it’s costing me, or too disappointed to trust.
I want to remain teachable. And maybe that’s what faith looks like to me right now. Not having everything figured out or pretending I never struggle.
It’s trusting who Jesus is even when I don’t understand what He’s doing.
So this last question isn’t really about everyone else anymore. It’s mine.
When Jesus looks at my life, will He find faith?
I want the answer to be yes.
Reflection
Prayer | Jesus, I want You to find faith in me. When I don’t understand Your timing, help me trust Your character. Keep me teachable when Your questions make me uncomfortable and faithful when life doesn’t unfold the way I expected. At the end of it all, I want my life to show that I trusted You. Amen.
Go Deeper
Luke 18:1–8
Psalm 27:13–14
Hebrews 10:35–39
Galatians 6:9
1 Peter 1:6–9
The Echo | Jesus doesn’t ask questions because He needs answers. He asks questions because we do.
Key Scripture | “Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” — Luke 18:8 NKJV
We’ve spent this series sitting with some hard questions Jesus asked.
Questions about who we believe He is, whether we really want to be made well, why we’re afraid, why we doubt, what we truly want, what our pursuits are costing us, whether our lives agree with what we say, how we move beyond shame, and whether we’ve made room simply to be with Him.
Then Jesus asks a question that feels like it gathers all the others together:
“When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
To understand the question, we have to look at the story Jesus told right before it.
Luke tells us exactly why Jesus gave the parable: “that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.”
Jesus tells about a widow seeking justice from a judge who neither feared God nor cared about people. She had little power and no guarantee the judge would listen, yet she continued bringing her request.
Jesus isn’t comparing God to the unjust judge. He’s contrasting them. If even an unjust judge eventually responds, how much more can we trust a good and just God?
Then Jesus asks whether He will find faith.
Maybe that’s the real test of faith: What happens in us when God doesn’t answer as quickly as we hoped?
I’ve lived long enough to realize that faith can look very different after you’ve walked with Jesus for a while. Early faith can be filled with excitement about what God is going to do. Mature faith has often lived through enough disappointment to know that God doesn’t always do what we expected, when we expected, or how we expected.
Delay has a way of revealing what we actually believe about Him.
Do I trust God only when I can see Him working, or do I trust His character when I can’t understand His timing?
The widow’s faith wasn’t built around knowing when the answer would come. She simply refused to allow the delay to change what she believed was worth bringing before the judge.
That’s the kind of faith Jesus seems to be asking about.
The question isn’t whether there will still be churches, sermons, worship songs or people who call themselves Christians.
Will He find faith?
That makes this final question deeply personal.
Will He find it in me?
Not simply the faith I had when everything was new, but faith that has walked through disappointment, questions, failure, waiting and seasons I didn’t understand.
This entire series started because someone I respect asked me a hard question. What surprised me wasn’t the question. It was my response. Instead of immediately becoming defensive, I found myself curious.
Looking back, maybe that was the beginning of something God wanted to teach me.
What if I approached Jesus’ questions the same way?
Instead of defending myself, what if I listened? Instead of explaining why I am the way I am, what if I asked Him what He wants me to see? Instead of rushing toward an answer, what if I stayed with the question long enough for it to change me?
I don’t want to become a man who is too defensive to be corrected, too busy to listen, too driven to examine what it’s costing me, or too disappointed to trust.
I want to remain teachable. And maybe that’s what faith looks like to me right now. Not having everything figured out or pretending I never struggle.
It’s trusting who Jesus is even when I don’t understand what He’s doing.
So this last question isn’t really about everyone else anymore. It’s mine.
When Jesus looks at my life, will He find faith?
I want the answer to be yes.
Reflection
- Where has waiting challenged what I believe about God’s character?
- If Jesus looked at the way I’m living right now, where would He find faith?
Prayer | Jesus, I want You to find faith in me. When I don’t understand Your timing, help me trust Your character. Keep me teachable when Your questions make me uncomfortable and faithful when life doesn’t unfold the way I expected. At the end of it all, I want my life to show that I trusted You. Amen.
Go Deeper
Luke 18:1–8
Psalm 27:13–14
Hebrews 10:35–39
Galatians 6:9
1 Peter 1:6–9
The Echo | Jesus doesn’t ask questions because He needs answers. He asks questions because we do.
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