Wouldn’t it be nice if we never doubted God?
Particularly when the Bible and godly people were advising us in a certain way yet we decided that we knew better?
Ah… human pride.
It’s such a stumbling block sometimes.
We always err when we attempt to place our comprehensional boundaries around the plans and power of God.
The poster child passage for this in the Bible is Luke 1 where the priest Zechariah didn’t believe the angel Gabriel’s promise of a child to the priest and his wife Elizabeth.
“How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” (verse 18).
Yes, Zechariah knew all too well the oft-repeated disappointment of barrenness or multiple miscarriages. Decades of unanswered prayers in the midst of faithful service at the temple had to have had an impact on his faith’s suppleness.
So here is an angel poofing into his presence inside the temple and Zechariah acts clueless to the transcendence of the moment.
Promised the coming child, Zechariah is skeptical.
Wow.
I wish I could say that I’ve never doubted God in the face of divine testimony.
I’m sure that I have. And yet God didn’t take away my voice for nine months.
For a time early in my adult Christian walk, I doubted God with respect to the promise of His provision if I were to begin tithing, the giving of 10 percent of my gross paycheck to church work.
“How can I be sure of this?” was my inward response when hearing of God’s promise to meet all my needs if I sought first His kingdom and His righteousness.
God didn’t zap my voice or my job but then again, I wasn’t serving as a priest in the temple.
Fortunately, I learned to trust that God was able to make all grace abound to me so that in all things, at all times, having all that I need, I will abound in every good work (2 Cor 9:8).
Listen, when we doubt God, we limit the praise He receives from us — not good — and we convey that the room for His power and blessings in our lives is limited.
Please read more of the Bible to see more of His power and nurture more trust in His sovereign goodness that by nature is designed to bless and use your life.
That way, you’ll have a stronger voice to testify to others of His goodness rather than fall silent for a lack of faith.
As always, I love you
Martin
