Doubts

          The world is filled with promise makers, but few promise keepers. It is the time on the calendar when “leap year” is coming. We all know what that means. Other than the fact that the date February 29 will appear on the calendar, there will also be a presidential election. This is the time that we will hear of the promises that are made very few of which will ever come close to being kept. Granted, I am a person that is rather doubtful that the promises will be kept. I tried to pole vault one time while on the track team. It was a disaster to say the least. I doubted that I could do it and It turned out that it was true. I have my doubts about a lot things in life and there is only one thing that comes to mind where I have absolutely no doubt and that is the claims of the Bible. Matthew 28:16-17 says, “ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.”

        Just think of this. The Lord Jesus Christ had made an appointment with the disciples that after He would raise from the dead, they were to meet at a given time in a given spot on a specific mountain in Galilee. Matthew 26:32 states, “But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.” To be honest, I probably would have doubted that it was even possible. I have been to a lot of funerals and no one has ever breathed one breath let alone got up and went to another room or spot in the city. The account in the 28^th chapter of Matthew states that some doubted. After realizing that the Lord Jesus Christ had been crucified, how was He going to rise from the dead? Well, we know the end of the story. He did raise from the dead and He did meet them where He said He would. The fact of the resurrection is the key event in the Christian faith. As First Corinthians 15 reminds us, we would be in a terrible condition if it were not true. For almost 2,000 years, we have staked the claims of the Holy Bible on the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. If anyone wanted to disclaim the Christian faith, all they would have to do is product the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some have tried to come up with man made schemes or guesses, but none have been able to produce the body. Where are your doubts today? Do you doubt that God will do what He says He will do? Do you doubt that God will take care of your needs today and the next day and the days to come? Do you have doubt that God cares about your needs? Do you have doubt that the rapture will occur? Do you have doubt that God paid for all of your sins? The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ cancels out all of our doubts. They have been erased with one event in history. What Christ said He would do, He did do! When you think about it, the resurrection is the capstone of events in the Christian faith. There are also other events that are also remarkable such as creation, the crossing of the Red Sea, The supplying of manna, shoes that lasted for forty years, an ax head that floated, the battle on Mount Carmel between Elijah and the prophets of Baal, the handwriting on the wall in the book of Daniel, the feeding of the 5,000 and Jesus walking on the water. In my own life, I would have doubted it was possible but God did it and the Bible is the testimony. I may have doubts today and tomorrow in some things in this life, but when I think of God and His working in my life and the lives of others, all those doubts fade away. With God, all things are indeed possible. At times, we just need to hang on and watch God work in mighty ways, even today and in the days to come. Praise God for His power.