Day 15- I Choose To Believe
Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
-Mark 11:24
Skepticism is one of the worst afflictions which our churches face in this day and age. It is the enemy of belief and the thief of faith. Most of us would say we believe in an all-powerful God but in the back of our minds there’s that tiny ounce of doubt that tells us to not expect our mountains to be moved. Somewhere along our maturing process skepticism stole our child-like faith.
I was listening to the radio in my car one day and when I reached my house I shut the car off before the song was finished. As I walked inside the Lord spoke to my heart and said, ”Just because you turned off the car and stopped listening doesn’t mean that the song stopped playing.” Just because we stop listening to the Lord and start doubting His ways doesn’t mean that He’s not still moving, we’ve just shut Him off.
The Lord knew that somewhere along the way we would begin to question our circumstances and that’s why he spoke of becoming like a little child. Children haven’t been tainted by skepticism or doubt. God’s word tells us to “only believe” and all things will be possible. We must return to that child-like faith. Doubt must be turned into a heart of true expectancy.