John 20:19-31
What
would it take for you to believe?
On June 30, 1859, Charles Blondin became the first man in
history to walk on a tightrope across Niagara Falls. On the days following this
amazing feat, The Great Blondin made many other trips which included death
defying stunts such as walking on stilts, cooking and eating an omelet,
carrying his manager piggyback and pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with 350 pounds
of cement.
Apparently there was quite a crowd of spectators cheering
him on as he performed his various stunts. Upon completion of pushing the wheel
barrow across he asked the crowd if they thought he could carry a man in the
wheel barrow. They roared with approval. But when he asked one man to get in…
he declined.
What
we truly believe is the very foundation of why we do what we do. The man who declined to get into the wheel
barrow had been cheering fervently for The Great Blondin, and apparently
believed that he could do exactly what he said. But when push came to shove, he
didn’t really believe it.
James
2:18 states, “But someone may well argue,
“You say the way to God is by faith alone, plus nothing; well, I say that good
works are important too, for without good works you can’t prove whether you
have faith or not; but anyone can see that I have faith by the way I act.”
Our
actions are the window to what we believe. For most of the disciples to believe,
it only took seeing Jesus in the flesh with the holes in his hands and in his
side. But for Thomas to believe, he had to put his finger in the holes and his
hand into Jesus’ side. What would it take for you to believe?
Jesus
called his disciples to action. “As the
Father has sent me, I am sending you”. In
the same way, Jesus is calling us
to action. Do you believe enough to take a risk and step out on faith? To do
something that makes you feel uncomfortable? To do something that seems
impossible? Jesus is calling you to do just that!
Will
you get into the wheel barrow?
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