tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post5613889354323778881..comments2023-10-04T18:01:43.464-05:00Comments on Dads Teach the Bible: The Reality of DoubtMike Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-68790568694204736342016-08-22T12:02:35.117-05:002016-08-22T12:02:35.117-05:00A terrific subject for me right now! Really, alwa...A terrific subject for me right now! Really, always has been; now it's just more obvious in my life.<br /><br />My first reaction (obviously fleshly) is, no! Of course I believe the Bible, and since it is God's word, God Himself.<br /><br />Ask someone who knows me at all - they (if honest) have a different opinion. And so do I; I know myself better than anyone does. And I often don't like what I see. <br /><br />Even more so, the Holy Spirit who is constantly nosing around my life knows the REAL truth - I am "naked and open before the One with whom (I) have to do...." (Hebrews 4:13) If it were not for the blood washed robe of Christ's righteousness that He has clothed me with, I would be condemned and eternally lost!<br /><br />My deception is, I DO believe - in my head. I can quote the verses, turn to the passages, articulate the powerful presence of God with me, etc., etc., etc. <br /><br />But, when I look at my life, it screams back, "unbelief!" My actions betray the façade of belief I carefully repair over my life . If God is really with me, why do I fear the future? Where does the anxiety that wakes me up in morning after morning come from? Why do I struggle with rejoicing in all that things that God brings into my life (He really IS sovereign, after all). <br /><br />I am way too like His early disciples in Luke 6 whom He asked, "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" (v.46)<br /><br />That, Jesus said, is like building your life on shifting, unstable sand in a hurricane.<br /><br />I am thankful for the gracious (and painful) work of the searching Holy Spirit Who is hard at work showing me my unbelief - so that I may confess seemingly ever-present disobedience, rest in His forgiveness, and work toward more active (true) belief.<br /><br />God is not surprised, He has known it all along, and continues to lead me forward with Him.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631165961382647198noreply@blogger.com