John 20:19-31 Unbelief

“Jesus did not rebuke Thomas for his doubts.  He rebuked him for unbelief:  ‘Stop being an unbeliever and believe!’  Doubt is often an intellectual problem we want to believe, but the faith is overwhelmed by problems and questions.  Unbelief is a moral problem:  we simply will not believe.  Doubt says, ‘I cannot believe!  There are too many problems!’  Unbelief says, ‘I will not believe unless you give me the evidence I ask for … Thomas’s testimony did not come from his touching Jesus, but from his seeing Jesus … Thomas reminds us that unbelief robs us of blessings and opportunities.  It may sound sophisticated and intellectual to question what Jesus did, but such questions are usually evidence of hard hearts, not of searching minds,” my commentary said.

Father, thank You for removing my unbelief and my hard heart years ago.  Help me to show others who similarly struggle the way to belief.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford