No
Doubt About It
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“When we see that you're just as willing to
endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you're going to make
it, no doubt about it.” 2 Corinthians 1:7, THE MESSAGE)
Life
comes with doubts, no doubt about it. We wonder if we are going to “make it”;
if our kids will make it; if the world will be here tomorrow; if the nation
will end up being what we had hoped and prayed it would be.
No doubt
about it. This is life. And life is hard often.
Even ones
who had walked right alongside Jesus, day in and day out for over three years,
had doubts, after His horrible crucifixion and tomb burial.
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus,
was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples were saying to him,
"We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in
His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the
nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." (John 20:24-25,
NASU)
Having doubts is common, and we should not beat
ourselves over the head when we have them. Rather, as we are encouraged to do, we
need to keep trusting anyway.
Trust that what Jesus (Yeshua) said was true.
“Don’t let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God
and trust in me. In my Father’s house are many places to live. If there
weren’t, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for
you. Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you
with me; so that where I am, you may be also. Furthermore, you know where I’m
going; and you know the way there.” (John 14:1-4, CJB)
When you are anxious about your job – keeping trusting
in Him.
When you doubt your marriage or whether you will even
get married – keep trusting in Him.
When the rent or mortgage is due next week and
your bank account has nothing – keep trusting in Him.
Many in life have nothing to fall back on. Those
without hope cannot trust anything or anyone, for without Jesus there is no
hope. Without the Solid Rock, which isn’t just a cliché, there is no solid
rock.
But for those of us who do know Jesus, who know of
His salvation, the miraculous times He came through for us, the hope within of
life here and forevermore – we cannot doubt for long. We have the solid hope
and assurance of today’s and tomorrow’s provision in spirit, soul and body.
Next time you have doubts – and there will be a
next time, for the enemy continually bombards the Lord’s chosen ones – be reassured
that your life is in His hands, He has not forsaken you, and what He has
promised will come to pass.
Believers in Yeshua (Jesus) will always have a
reason to believe – because our Lord and Savior has time and time again proven
Himself Faithful on behalf of the nation of Israel, His worldwide Church, and all
those who keep their eyes fixed on Him.
“…looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of
our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews
12:2, NKJV)
No doubt you will have doubts, but you will always
have the eternal hope in Jesus. Keep strong in His Word.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People, Inc.
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