". . . You of little faith, he said, why did you doubt?"
Doubt. Hesitate to believe. To be uncertain about. Consider questionable. Everyone doubts. Some of us question everything and we are called cynical. Still others believe everything and they are called gullible. Some things are good to hesitate about, such as buying a new car or house, or taking an experimental medicine, or riding your bike in a thunderstorm. We need to think twice about quitting our jobs before we have another one. Sometimes doubting an action is very good.
To hesitate in our faith is not so good, but it happens to the best of us and we are in good company. Abraham and Sarah both doubted when God told them they would be parents. Moses doubted when God told him he would lead Israel out of Egypt. The Israelites doubted all through the wilderness. Gideon the farmer doubted when God told him he would be a judge and a teacher. Zechariah doubted when God told him he would be a father. Thomas doubted when he had been told Jesus had risen from the dead. And yet, God Almighty used each one of these people, and many, many other doubters, to accomplish mighty things for the kingdom of God. Our Lord showed infinite patience with each of these and He does so with us, too. And in each case, God strengthened their faith by using them in miraculous happenings.
Honest doubt is not a bad starting point as long as we don't stay there. The more we read and study Scripture, the stronger our faith becomes and the less we doubt. God uses our doubts to strengthen and encourage us in our spirit life. He gives us big and little miracles all along our walk with Him to show us His love and to chip away at the wall of doubt until it crumbles altogether. As doubt falls away, our faith grows, till we no longer question anything but fully rely on the Lord Jesus Christ for everything. It is a learning process, day by day. Sometimes minute by minute. But we are still going forward. Trusting. Obeying. Growing. Becoming more and more like Jesus.
What are the doubts in your spiritual life? If you haven't asked the Lord for healing, you doubt. If you have not asked for spiritual direction, you doubt. If you have not sought guidance for your daily decisions, you doubt. If you have not tithed, you doubt. If you have not asked for your tongue to be stilled, you doubt. And the list goes on and on and on.
What are you hesitating with Jesus about?
"Lord Jesus, Master of my Life, I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief. Take away my doubts and fears and fill me with the strength and convictions of Your Holy Spirit. Open my mouth, O God, free me from the inhibitions of the world, that my life will be a glory to Your name . Let my trust in you be complete. Amen."
For Further Study:
2 Chronicles 14:11
Jeremiah 32:27
Mark 5:36
9:23
10:27
Romans 8:28
2 Corinthians 9:8
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