Hello my name is Thomas…

You might have heard of Thomas the disciple of Jesus Christ.  Oh! You mean “doubting Thomas”.  Poor Thomas gets a bad rap!

Dear Thomas, he is human.  He doubted.  He thought that there was no way possible that Jesus was alive.  He from some vantage point saw Jesus, Rabbi and friend crucified.  Yes, he saw the details of Jesus’s death.  If he did not see them personally he sure heard a lot about it because Jerusalem was crawling with tales of the crucifixion.

John 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!”

John 20: 28 “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.

If we are real honest with God and ourselves we too will admit that we doubt.  We doubt that God would forgive us.  We doubt that God is who He says he is.  We doubt that God is the same yesterday, today and forever.  We are human, we question and we doubt.  There are 30 some words that mean doubt, distrust, ambiguity, skepticism etc. That is where faith comes in.  To have faith in someone you have to trust, accept, believe, and rely on someone else. 

I am Thomas.  I have doubted and I have had faith.  I believe in Jesus. We must have the most trust in God for him to work in our lives.  If we believe we will see many things come to pass for His kingdom.

Faith takes a step into the unknown. But with God all things are possible.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” Matthew 19:26

“My LORD and My GOD!”  Help us in our unbelief! 

Aaron Smith

May 15, 2016