‘Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”’ (John 20:27-28 ESV).
Thomas didn’t see the risen Jesus when he first appeared. Even though Thomas had followed Jesus as one of the Twelve, he still doubted until he saw the risen Lord for himself. When the resurrected Jesus appeared to him, his confession of faith was to ascribe divinity to Jesus. He accepted Jesus as his Lord and God.
It was Jesus who addressed Thomas’ agnosticism. He invited Thomas to see and touch his scars and to believe. It is also Jesus who calls us to faith in him today. As he said to Thomas, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” That’s those who believe today that Jesus declares blessing over!
Why are you doubting the Lord? Wherever you are still worried and troubled, in that very area, you are doubting Christ’s Lordship, in that place you are in a state of unbelief. Confess your unbelief to Jesus. Declare him Lord over every arena of your life saying, “I trust in you Jesus, for you are my Lord and my God!”
PRAYER: Dear Father, we believe. Help us with our unbelief. For we confess that there are times when we still worry and fret. Help us to look upon the resurrected Jesus and to know and believe that nothing is impossible with You. In Jesus’ name, amen.