Here’s a paradigm that few ever run through their minds. For people, seeing is believing. For God, believing is seeing (John 11:40). While others may laugh at you for following God, you must see it as necessary and continue to do it, not just for God’s calling and your obedience, but sometimes for their eternal benefit. Just like Elijah’s servant who didn’t see the angelic army, or the man who asked Jesus to help him believe, so we must too never lose heart when others laugh at us for doing the right thing. We see because we believe. Never adopt the state of Missouri’s motto, “SHOW ME”, unless of course it’s in reference to displaying your own faith.
23 When Jesus arrived at the official’s home, He saw the noisy crowd and heard the funeral music. 24 “Get out!” He told them. “The girl isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.” But the crowd laughed at Him. 25 After the crowd was put outside, however, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she stood up! 26 The report of this miracle swept through the entire countryside.
Matthew 9:23-26
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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