Unbelief

How wrong Dr Spock is...

I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief! (Mark 9:24)

This has been my prayer almost everyday recently. I have begun to realise a great deal of our problems in our relationship with God come from unbelief, a lack of trust in Him. This is largely because some fear or another is driving our desire to be self reliant. Yet the crazy thing is that it is actually much more frightening when we are in control. We are sinful, limited human beings yet we still fail to trust that the all-powerful, all-knowing, creator of the universe, our good and loving God knows what he is doing. This is ABSURD!

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

God has promised that he has good things in store for His children but we continue to lack trust. We don’t believe that this is really true otherwise we would only trust God all the time. But we continue think we know better than God, that we can really make the best decisions regarding what is good for us. This too is ABSURD!!

"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (Matthew 7:9-11)