Even though we know what’s true, at times it is hard to believe. Doubt creeps in when every circumstance appears to contradict what we know to be true. This isn’t sin, it’s part of the walk of faith, part of our learning to trust God and His Word and not our own emotions and conclusions. Our emotions and conclusions aren’t evil or bad, but they must be held up to the light of the Word of God and its truth, and not believed on their own.
Thomas was having a hard time believing the other disciple’s claim that they had seen the Lord now risen from the dead. Of course that would be hard to believe, it went against everything he knew to be true. Dead people don’t rise from the dead. Dead people don’t talk, walk or appear suddenly in locked rooms. It simply wasn’t believable. But as is always the case, the issue wasn’t what Thomas felt or sensed or held on to as truth, but what was in fact actually true. It was true; Jesus had risen from the dead. He was alive.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the key to the hope we have as Christians. Because He is raised, because He lives right now, we have hope for our future. It is the most essential of all truths to believe and to understand. Its implications release the power for living the life we are now called to live on the earth.
This truth must be settled in our hearts. The truth of the resurrection must be an anchor of our souls, a place we can always return to regain our bearings, to remind our hearts that this life is worth the price. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15 that if Christ is not raised from the dead, we are of all men most to be pitied. Because he understood it was the primary truth that guaranteed our future. And if it wasn’t true, our hope was a pipe dream.
Do you live your life from a place of confidence in your future, or are you still uncertain what lies ahead. Saints, settle your heart into the revelation of the Son of God, that He is risen, and lives evermore. He was the “firstborn among many brothers”; first born from among the dead. And because He lives and now has become my life, I too live in Him. This I believe to be true, in spite of what I see or feel.
Uncertainty isn’t sin unless we turn away from the truth. But the more I walk with God and come to know His heart and character, the more convinced I am of the truth of His Word. There is no greater truth that affects my life on earth than the truth that He has risen and overcome death. Set your heart and mind upon that truth. Settle it in your heart, not just casually, but deeply. It will set you free.
R. Martinez
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