Thoughts for another day

April 22, 2014.

Today's verse:  John 20:29. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Sometimes this thought comes to me: Why do we find it so difficult to believe in things of God?  If there’s a miracle, we don’t want to believe it as a miracle, but as something that can be attributed to an act of man.  On the other hand, we believe in so many superstitions and myths that belong to the world and the world has attributed some stupid demonic powers in them like amulets, talismans, charms, etc.  We pay our due respects to them for we’re scared of them, but  when it concerns God, we’re hardly bothered.  By this I don’t mean that we should have some man-made object to represent God without His consent and then be scared of it or revere the object rather than God!

In the context of our Word, we see how Thomas behaved when the other apostles narrated the visit of the risen Christ, adamantly refusing to believe and making it incumbent on Jesus to show him His nail scars and jots in His body, so that he could then believe!  Why doesn’t Thomas believe that Jesus is risen?  There can be no answer to this except that when God’s work is concerned, men of the world flay it and refuse to see it as His work, even if all the signs in that work point to God’s finger and not to anything else! 

That’s the problem with us… And I reckon it’s because our God is a benevolent God and expects us to totally understand Him and His Presence, pointed to by His signs.  Any soul with its identity in God, will believe and even though Thomas initially disbelieved, he later on changed and believed.  To all who believe God without straining their minds, Jesus has a Word of blessing in our Scripture.  God wants us to just believe in Him and if we do, He works things to us who believe. In fact, it’s so great to believe that by doing it, we’re blessed even until today for Jesus loves a sincere believer.