Bible Verse of The Day – 4-22-24

John 20:29 (NKJV) 29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Thomas was a doubter. He refused to believe what the other disciples told Him about Jesus being resurrected unless he saw it himself.

Thomas had questions. How could Jesus really be alive? He had been crucified and buried. Everyone knew it.

How could his fellow disciples, whom he had spent the last three years with, be so cruel as to tell him that Jesus was no longer in the tomb?

It was hard for him to accept what he was being told even though Jesus had told them all in advance what would take place.

John 20:25 (NKJV) 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

Many of us are just like Thomas. We refuse to believe something unless we see it with our own eyes. We question everything, even if God Himself has said it.

This will not only cause our faith to falter, but it will also allow doubt to grow in our minds.

But there is no need to fret because God tells us some things that will help us.

First, He told us that His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours.

Isaiah 55:9 (NKJV) 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Next, He told us not to rely on our own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Then, He told us that we are to walk by faith, not by what we see.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Let us not be like Thomas, doubting the words of Jesus or what God has told us in His word.

We may not understand some of it, or we might find some of it hard to comprehend.

But let us take Him at His word, learning to trust Him and believe Him even when we might not understand it.

And as we make a deliberate effort to grow our relationship with Him, we will find ourselves doubting and questioning Him less and less.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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