Do
You Believe?
By Margaret Thomas
Sometimes I find myself doubting that the
Creator of the universe can meet my needs.
God wants me to trust Him, no matter what impossible circumstances I am
facing.
January 9th, 2013
Genesis 23, 24; Luke 9
Scripture
the spoke to me today: Luke 9:13
But He said to them, “You give
them something to eat”. And they said, “We have no more than five loaves and
two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
Observation:
Jesus had tried to withdraw with his disciples
to a secluded desert place. The crowds
discovered he was there, however, and they came…by the thousands. The day was
very long, but through it all Jesus taught them with compassion and healed everyone
who was sick. Jesus knew that the crowds were beginning to get hungry - they had
spent the day receiving spiritual food, but now they needed something
practical: physical food! His disciples tried to convince Jesus to send them
away, but He tells them instead to feed them ….all five thousand people. I can
just see their eyes growing wide at His request and their looks of disbelief as
they exclaim (Margaret’s paraphrase): “Are you kidding us, Lord?! Feed FIVE
THOUSAND people?! That’s impossible! We only have five loaves of bread and two
little fish! The only way to feed all these people is to go buy food and we
don’t have that type of money!” Here we have his twelve closest confidants, men
who had walked with Jesus day after day, shared all aspects of His life and
seen Him perform miracle after miracle, and they still battle unbelief. In
their minds, they were facing an insurmountable obstacle.
Application:
I’ve been a Christian for almost 30 years
and have seen God answer more prayers than I can count. Over and over He has worked in impossible situations. Yet even after seeing all of this, I find
myself facing new problems and I still battle doubt. I look at the new trial
and say “Are you kidding me?! There is
NO WAY to overcome this!” God wants me
to stop focusing on the problem and start expecting Him to move. He wants me to immediately come to Him with
an open heart knowing He is in control - He has the answer. I need to step out in faith believing He will
meet my needs, no matter what.
Prayer:
Lord, I desire to trust you completely in
every area of my life.
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