Thursday, November 7, 2024

Listen to the Word

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  (John 20:29)

Thomas was one of the more famous doubters in the Bible. The risen Jesus obliterated his doubts by standing before him, nail prints and all. Then Jesus spoke the surprising words of John 20:29. He said that doubting folks like us are the really fortunate ones - folks who have the opportunity to believe without seeing, to trust without having all our questions wiped away.

Trusting God when you have all the answers is not faith - it is common sense. When you don’t understand fully, then you have the opportunity to trust fully. Striving to trust God through your doubt produces a faith that is more fully alive. It produces a faith that is really yours, and not just an unexamined hand-me-down. God can use doubt to grow your faith. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

Live the Word

Ask God to use your doubts to bring you into a fuller, deeper faith.