You Should Doubt Idiots Painting Your House – Tuesday

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“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” (John 14:5)

Some friends of ours at C3 have asked if our kids would be interested in painting part of their home.  Here’s the best part…neither of them have any painting experience. But, when I told them that it would be a paying job (even though it shouldn’t be), my son said absolutely.  This is how our family group chat read:

Me: She just asked me if you two would want to paint their house but she wants it done before Memorial Day?

My Son: Teegan you want to?  I’m in…I actually like painting lol

My Daughter: Yes I do.

My Wife: This is going to be epic lol

My Son: tell her we will do it.  Teegan you’re only the boss because I know you know how to paint, so you have to tell me what to do.

My Daughter: I don’t know how to do exterior paint.

My Wife: that’s why it’s going to be epic! 

My Son: Oh no, we are going to ruin this.  

What’s the lesson?  You want the person in charge to know what they are doing and to be trustworthy, right?  That’s warranted. You might ask for a list of references or proof of work they’ve done before (all things that neither one of my two children have by the way) Our faith works the same way. We all want to know that God is trustworthy. We want to trust that He is who He says He is and that what the Bible says is true. Sometimes we feel shame about asking those questions, feeling like we should have more faith. But our questions don’t mean the end of our faith—they’re often the beginning. We see proof of that in Thomas, one of Jesus’ 12 disciples during His time on earth.We don’t know a ton about Thomas. He was a fisherman, and he often gets a bad reputation as “Doubting Thomas.” But what if there’s more to his story?

After Jesus died, we see the other disciples huddled together behind locked doors, terrified of the religious leaders. When Jesus appeared, they believed Him, but their faith then ebbed and flowed. How do we know this? Because as we learned yesterday, even in Jesus’ last speech to them, some of them still doubted Him! So Thomas isn’t there with his friends at the time, and he hears about this experience secondhand from one of the other disciples. He reacts with a bit of skepticism, saying that he’ll only believe if he has evidence.  Jesus gives Thomas exactly what he needs—kindness and evidence. Yes, Jesus goes on to praise those who believe without evidence, but He doesn’t scold Thomas for wanting proof. Jesus reacts to our doubt in the same way. Like Thomas, we can approach Him with our questions and doubts, knowing that He’s kind and patient with us even in our unbelief.

Prayer for the Day

God what are you  showing me?  What am I going to do about it? 

God help me to see one person that I can serve through a kind word, random act of kindness, or simple gift today?

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