When the other disciples told Thomas that they had seen Jesus after his resurrection, he refused to believe it and said to them:
« Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it. »(John 20:25 )
Why do we want God to show up or manifest himself first to obey him?
Jesus said: « Blessed are those who believed without seeing! »
Indeed, God wants us to believe above all so that He manifests himself by his goodness.
Faith doesn’t see first, faith believes and then sees.
Abraham believed in God and saw the goodness of God.
Having gone so far as to want to slaughter his son as God had asked him to, Abraham saw « he saw a ram caught by its horns… »(Genesis 22:13)
It was this ram that he offered as a burnt offering in place of his son.
And that’s what he said to his son: « God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son. »(Genesis 22:8)
If we too keep the faith, until the end of the trial, we will see God appear.
PRAYER:
Our Father who art in heaven, grant us to keep the faith until the end of our trials.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.
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