Doubts

One of my favorite scriptures in the bible is the one that pastor read on Sunday. "Lord I believe, but help my unbelief." For one, it shows such a human and real quality to the scriptures. Also, it shows the honesty and courage that man had to ask Jesus (saviour of the world, creator of the universe) to help his unbelief.

I remember a couple of years ago I was going through a pretty serious season of doubt. I wondered if the whole Christ follower thing was all made up. And as I was having lunch with a good buddy of mine one day I was telling him about my doubts and how I was wondering about the whole Christian faith. And as I was telling him this I saw a smile break across his face. A little bothered by his smirking at my season of doubting basically EVERY thing I had been raised to believe I ask him (kindly of course) why he was smiling. He began to tell me that this season of doubt that I was going through was exactly where God wanted me to be. What? God wants us to doubt? Is this guy crazy? But the more we talked the more I began to see he was right. My doubting was causing me to search the scripture more, it was causing me to seek his face more. My doubting was actually the Father calling me to the deep things of him.

I share this because all of you will have seasons doubt. I challenge you not to be scared by it, but rather embrace it for it just might be the voice of the Father that is calling you into the deep.

Craig Swift

Youth/Music/fellow skeptic/ Pastor.