LET GOD BE GOD - (Part 2)

“And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see...” (Matthew 11:4)
Our faith is frequently challenged. And when this happen our confidence in God is can be seriously shaken. It is not unusual for us to have doubts, and sometimes great faith and confidence have resulted from our subsequent re-evaluation of the place of God in our lives.

Reasons abound why a person who hitherto walked in faith begins to doubt God and question His ways. And it is not strange to the Lord when we recall the encounter with the father who sought healing for his epileptic son and pleaded with Jesus saying, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief" (Mark 9:24). During the brief moment John the Baptist spent in prison, he had such a moment. He knew who Jesus was yet doubted that Jesus was who he claimed to be.

Our perspective of Him may be altered along with our changing situations, but God never changes. His purpose and plans remain the same, His thought towards us remain the same.

When doubts arise in our hearts, God does not change to convince us one way or the other. His response to John’s doubtful disposition is very insightful: “And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.” (Matthew 11:4–5). You already have the truth, believe the truth, and let God be who He says He is! Jesus did not give an answer to John's doubts, but acted only to reinforce and strengthen the faith which He knew to exist in his heart.

God is still God – even when we get preoccupied with the things we claim He has not done for us, thereby exposing ourselves to all manner of doubt and fear. Your situation cannot change God, but God can change your situation!

Today, God wants you to look around you, see the miracles He is working out and the liberating word He is speaking into people’s lives (even in yours), and bless Him. Like John, you don’t need any new proof that God is God! Continue to believe what you know about Him according to the illumination that comes from the Holy Scriptures. Don't try to tell Him how to be God!

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