Relevant Magazine has a piece that stopped me: maybe the opposite of faith isn’t doubt. Maybe it’s a kind of certainty that never lets itself be tested.
The point
The writer argues that swallowing every answer because “someone told you so” doesn’t build thick faith. Dostoyevsky put it better: “I believe in Christ and confess him not like some schoolboy; but my hosanna has passed through a great furnace of doubt.” From that fire, real conviction can come.
Doubt can paralyze you, or it can send you looking for Jesus. Thomas wanted to see the wounds, and Jesus didn’t shame him. He showed up. The father in Mark cried, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). That’s an honest prayer, not a failure.
My take
If you’re in a season of questions, don’t fake a smile and don’t walk away from Him either. Bring the questions to the Holy Spirit. Open the Word. Ask people who actually walk with God. “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault” (James 1:5). Faith that has been through the fire is faith you can stand on.
God Bless, and Use the Source!
