His Eye is on the Sparrow, and I Know He Watches Me

John 20:24-25

 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.  So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he 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.”

 

                Thomas is such a doubter, didn’t he know, like really know Jesus? And what about his friends, these were his best friends don’t you think he should be able to trust them about something so important?  But, nope Thomas was a doubter, he was a first hand witness to countless miracles, he had grown to love and trust Jesus, but he doubted.  How could he do that?

 

                Let me tell you from personal experience it is easier than you think.  My wife and I are completely confident that God has called us to serve World Gospel Outreach at Rancho Ebenezer.  And we still get frustrated and doubt each other.  He has worked over and over again to our benefit.  He has sold our house and brought us many supporters.  But, I keep piling this responsibility on my head, and I really cannot claim the credit.  What can I say?   I am a doubter…

 

                Why are we plagued by doubt?  We have an enemy that continually tries to keep us blinded to the truth.   I wake up every Sunday Morning and read my weekly report from WGO, it lets me know who is supporting me and how much.  Every Sunday morning I skim through the report, which is always good but I look for new supporters.  Although we had 6 new partners last week, the report does not show them yet.  I know about them but they were not on the report, it was discouraging.  Why? Because I believed the lie…  So off to church I went discouraged.

 

                Why do we doubt?  We are in a battle for hearts and minds of the lost.  God wants to win the hearts of these abandon children.  These children without the help of Rancho Ebenezer are living in the cycle of poverty, but have been rescued because of staff willing to give their lives for these unwanted kids.  But more importantly these kids are being rescued from the cycle of Sin that is destroying the world and they are given a chance to know and receive Christ.  We battle against the devil for souls he does not want to give up.  We doubt because we forget we are on the winning side! 

John 16:33 - “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Why are we plagued by doubt?  For no good reason!  Yesterday at the end of our Church service our family was called up front.  It seemed like our serve team had raised some extra money from our trip with WGO last month.  The people on the team felt this money needed to go to Honduras so they wanted to hand it over to us.  Little did the Church know that our start up expenses still had a small outstanding balance due amount of around $3500, the money needed to pay for our Honduran residency.  But, they presented us with $3514.  So why should we doubt?