Do We Have Any Unbelief?

“He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son” (1 John 5:10).

UNBELIEF MAKES GOD A LIAR!!!!!

Consider all the ugly sins listed against Israel in the wilderness; murmuring,
complaining, idolatry, ingratitude, rebellion, sensuality.
*Yet none of these provoked God’s wrath.
**** It was their unbelief that angered God!
**** It was their unbelief that angered God!
“And the Lord said to Moses: ‘How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?’”(Numbers 14:11).

God said to Moses, “These people make a lie out of everything I have done for
them! I have performed miracle after miracle and delivered them time after time.
**When will they ever trust and rest in Me?”

Stop for a moment and think about all the things God has done for you:
* He has kept you,
*He has answered this prayer, that prayer.
*He has met you in a crisis here, a crisis there.
* He has brought you through trials, fed you with manna from heaven, done things for you that are nothing short of miraculous.

For thirty-eight long years Israel forgot God’s Word and dismissed His
miracles from their minds. And because they fell back so often into murmuring
and unbelief, God said, “I will strike them with the pestilence and
disinherit them” (v. 12).
He told Moses, “I am giving up on My people because they will never come to the place where they trust Me!”

God magnifies His Word above His name. God means every word He says and all of these things God told Israel are the same things He has told us.
I ask you:
*Will we not also incur His wrath if we act in unbelief?
*We read His Word and hear all His promises from the pulpit but then we go to our corner and fret because we do not see Him immediately doing what we think He should do for us.
* When we do not let His Word anchor our souls, when we hear great and precious promises and then act as if we have been abandoned, we make
God out to be a liar!

Romans 1:18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.

How I can rid my heart of unbelief:
1. Lay hold upon every worry, fear and burden. Take them all to Jesus and leave
them on His shoulders!
*“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never
permit the righteous to be moved”. (Psalm 55:22).
Go down your list right now:
God, I give You this, and this, and that. I give You this burden, this trouble, that relationship, that problem.” And be fully convinced that He cares!

2. Launch out in full faith on the written Word of God. Take up the Lord’s
challenge to live by His Word!
” But Jesus answered, “The scripture says, ‘Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.’” (Matthew 4:4).
You must be able to say, “I’m going to live and die by God’s Word to me!”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 and 2 Peter 1:20-21 clearly teach that the Bible is not a invention of man, but is Divinely inspired – originating from God not men, in errant – being found without error, and infallible – without mistakes; making it the ONLY source and norm for TRUTH.

**** In other words, all teachings and beliefs are to be rooted in and taken from the Bible alone. No other source should be used, and when a thought, belief, or teaching is held up against the Bible and found to disagree; it MUST be rejected and disregarded.
Throughout the New Testament, believers are encouraged to hold on to “Sound Doctrine” or “healthy, uncorrupted truth and teaching.”
In 2 Timothy 1:13-14 we are called to “keep as the pattern of sound teaching” and I Timothy 4:16 “watch your life and doctrine closely.” I Timothy 6:3 warns that anyone who teaches false doctrine (something that doesn’t agree with the Word of God) doesn’t agree with Jesus Christ.
We are to weigh all teachings by God’s Word; carefully watching what is being taught and what we believe is rooted in the Word of God.
This will keep us from being swayed away from false teachers and will enable us to oppose those who teach it. **All true and sound doctrine is always rooted in and taken from the written Word of God, the Bible.
(Read 2 Thessalonians 2:15-17)

I ask you then:
* How is it that we can trust His Word for our eternal salvation, but
not for our daily needs and problems? We can believe Him for the hardest part.
*Why is it harder for us to believe for help, guidance and power over sin?
**“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you
faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
God promised this to you, so let Him take on the burden of keeping you!
* Go to the Lord and challenge His Word. Tell Him you are going to stake your life on it!
*Show Him you trust His every word—and be blessed!

John 1:1 In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Father, You know my struggles. I thank you so much for just the re occurring confirmation that you have shown me this past week. Nothing is beyond you Father. I am sorry for not listening the first time. I ask for your forgiveness. Thank you so much for being such a loving and caring Father, God. Thank You for Your Word which is absolute Truth.  I love you so much. You are so good to me.  In Your precious Son’s name. Amen