If I were to ask you if you believe that the Bible is true, how would you reply? For those of you who are watching this and are also Christian the answer would certainly be yes. True believers have faith that the Scriptures contains God’s truthful word.
I want to press on that just a little today. My hope is that my challenge will bring a deeper conviction to your faith.
The focus Monday was the writer of Psalm 77 who was going through a difficult time and it seemed as if God was not hearing his cries, prayers and expressions.
This writer could have given up, pouted or gotten angry but rather he chose to remember God’s mighty acts.
Do you believe in Scripture in the same way the Psalmist did? Do you have real faith in Scripture?
When God’s word states that the Israelites with no where to turn were backed up against the sea with the Egyptian troupes after them, do you believe that God walled up the waters and made dry ground for them to cross the Red Sea?
Scripture says that God He poured water from a rock. It says that small David defeated a nine foot giant Goliath. It says that Lazarus was raised from the dead. Do you believe it?
The overwhelming number of believers would say yes. I know those stories. I believe the Bible and I believe those things happened.
Why do we live our faith and pray our prayers as if they did not happen? I say this not to shame anyone but rather to encourage you. Is our Lord weak? Is our Lord incapable?
Is our Lord so distant from you and me that you and we can’t have the same confidence that the writer of Psalm 77?
This should change our posture in prayer. It should change how we look at life, struggle, heartache, and disappointment.
Our God is Almighty. Let us rejoice and be greatly encouraged in how He has worked in the past. Let us be confident that His strength in no way has diminished in the present.
In short, believe dear Christian, really believe.
S.D.G.