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Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Thomas, the Doer
"... you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses ... to the ends of the earth."
(v. 8)
-- For reading & meditation: Acts 1:6-14
Recognize that if you could not doubt, you could not believe. So
don't be threatened or intimidated by your doubts. Robert Browning put
it like this: "You call for faith: I show you doubt, to prove that faith
exists. The more of doubt, the stronger faith, I say, if faith o'ercomes
doubt."
Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out
to be some of Christ's strongest disciples. One commentator points out
that Thomas, being a twin, must have developed an early independence of
judgment that made it possible for him to break with his brother and
become a follower of Jesus. This is an assumption, of course, but I
think it is a valid one.
It was that independence, perhaps, that led him to reject the
testimony of the other disciples when they said, "We have seen the
Lord." Jesus did not reject Thomas because of his doubts, but said to
him: "Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and
believe" (John 20:27).
Suddenly his doubts vanished, and he was transformed in that moment into
one of Christ's most committed disciples. Up until then, no one had
called Jesus "God " They had called Him, "Messiah," "Son of God," "Son
of the Living God" - but
not "God."
Here Thomas the doubter leaped beyond the others, and
became the strongest believer of them all. And this faith of Thomas's
did not stop at faith - it resulted in mighty achievement.
The doubter became a doer. And how!
PRAYER:
O God, what a prospect - my faith, at first so tentative, can,
through Your illumination and my response, become a driving force. It
can not only save me, but send me. May there be no limits! Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Matt. 8:1-13; Rom. 10:17; 14:23; Heb. 11:1
1. Where does faith come from?
2. What did Jesus say to the centurion?
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