He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Do you have doubts? Everyone can relate to doubting Thomas. For some reason, despite the Lord's greatness and the truth of His love for us we continue to fall pray to doubtful thoughts.
I've been reading a book by C.S. Lewis called the Screwtape Letters which is a clever expose of how the enemy works. Uncle Screwtape is an experienced demon who is writing his young nephew Wormwood who just started his demonic career.
In the first few chapters Screwtape is guiding Wormwood after learning that Wormwood's "patient" just converted to a Christian. Screwtape told Wormwood not to dispair because they had plenty of "converts" end up back with the "father below." About this time, war broke out in Europe and Screwtape learned that with the patient's age it was possible for him to be called up to service. This is what Screwtape told his young apprentice:
"We want him (the patient) to be in the maximum uncertainty, so that his mind will be filled with contradictory pictures of the future, everyone of which arouses hope and fear. There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy (God). He wants men to be concerned with what they do; Our business is to keep thinking about what will happen to
them."
So, as I read today's verse it is telling me, "why worry?" But we have to understand that we have an enemy who is hell bent on filling our thoughts with doubts and despair. If we learn more how this enemy operates, we can resist him and he will flee!
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