- Have you allowed doubts to build up in your mind?
- Have your fears grown bigger than your faith?
- Are you focused on the the giant mountain that stands in the way of your dreams?
- It’s called doubt.
- “doubting” - This word can mean, without faith or trust; to be faithless.
- In this verse, Thomas had not seen Jesus after His resurrection but the other disciples had.
- In John 20:25, he said, “unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
- He said, “UNLESS”
- What is your “unless”?
- Unless you do “this” Jesus, I am not going to believe.
- Unless you answer my prayer request in this specific time.
- Unless I get that Job.
- Unless I get healed this way.
- Unless, I get that raise.
- Your unless is making you USELESS for the Savior because it is all about You.
- Your unless is all about your timing, your methods and your way.
- Today, Jesus wants to step into your life and make you useful!
- But it has to be His timing, His method and His way.
- The only way that you can become useful for His purposes is if you will surrender your doubts and fears.
- Once and for all put them at the feet of the cross.
- Surrender simply means, I take it out of my hands and I put it in your hands, Jesus.
- He can take your uselessness and make you useful…Useful for His purposes!
- Today, Jesus simply speaks to you and says, “Stop doubting and believe”.
- Believe that I Am the resurrection and the life.
- Believe that I can do what I say I can do.
- Believe that I can resurrect any dead area of your life that I choose, so that, the Father can receive the glory from it.
- “Stop doubting and believe."
- A simple sentence but powerful!
- Replace this one thing, “Doubt” with one thing, “Faith”
- Don’t look at everything, just start with one area of your life.
- One area…Choose it right now.
- Is it your health, relationships, finances or job?
- Simply surrender it to Him right now.
- Say, "I surrender my health to you and I won’t worry and dwell on how bad it can get but I will have faith in the healing that Jesus can bring."
- Pray this, "I will not consider that relationship to be dead, I will have faith that you can breath new life into it as I surrender it to you."
- "I will not look at my debt, I will surrender my finances to you and let you show me the way out of debt and into financial blessing.”
- "I will stop manipulating and doing everything I can in my power to make that job happen and I surrender it to you because you know the best job and you have the perfect place for me."
- One act of surrender but it can take you from useless to useful…Useful for His purpose!
- The big question this morning is this, will you give it to Him?
- Will you let it go from your hands to His?
- Then you will be able to confess, like Thomas, “My Lord and My God!"
- Stop doubting and Believe.
- Have a great Wednesday.