Believing The Unseen Truth

Scripture:

John 20:29
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed?
Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.”

Observation:

In this passage of Scripture, Jesus is speaking to the Apostle Thomas who was not present the first time Jesus had appeared to His disciples after His death and resurrection. Doubting Thomas, as he is often called, had told his fellow disciples that He would have to see and touch Jesus in order to believe that Jesus had conquered death.

Application:

As imperfect human beings living in this imperfect world , many of us have difficulty believing in things that we cannot actually see with our own imperfect eyes. For example; even though we are in the mist of a raging spiritual warfare for our very souls (Ephesians 6:12), the unbelieving people of this world pass it off as a myth of the disillusioned religious fanatic, or just another great theme for a science fiction novel. Or how about the day when Christ will return to Earth in all His glory to judge both the living and the dead (Revelation 20:11-13); Fact or fiction? The unseen Truth of not?
I wonder how many times you have said, “I’ll have to see it to believe it?” I know there are many new Christians out there who struggle with their faith wishing that Jesus would some how show Himself so they could be sure that His Word is the absolute Truth. But I also know there have been many lost souls, like myself, who were so lost and so hopeless and had so given up that when the Savior called we reached out in blind faith to grab hold of the hand of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. For many of us this was our last hope, because any other option would have had the same unfulfilling results as before. Because everything in our fallen world has been infected with sin, the world can only temporarily satisfy the hungers of our sinful nature. The world, with all its recourses and will never be able to fulfill the deep desires of our hearts, because it is only God who can satisfy completely (John 6:35). My dear friends, until the King of kings and the Lord of all lord’s returns to take us Home, we must trust with as much human faith as we can possibly muster, for only then will our imperfect eyes be changed so that we will be able to see and touch and experience the Perfect Truth of our Glorious God.

Prayer:

Thank you, Lord God, for the Hope you have given our world through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Never before have I ever been able to identify anything that could satisfy my deepest desires until you came into my life. Although the struggles of life remain, my desperate search has finally ended. For it is only You who can fill the emptiness that once engulfed my heart. You are the only Hope this world has and so I put my trust in You alone!