Have you wrestled with knowing Jesus? Do you continue to learn something new about Him? Do you wonder about some of the stories you have heard about Him? Do you believe He is the Son of God? Do you believe He is who He says He is?
Belief can be a challenging thing. We may believe someone can soar above the clouds, but only when they are in an airplane. We may believe a person can heal another, but only once they have been educated or trained. We believe many things we are told without proof.
Believing the stories about Jesus can challenge our understanding of the natural world. We don’t know anyone who has opened the eyes of someone who was born blind. We have not witnessed someone being raised from the dead. We are told in Scripture that Jesus did them both.
It takes a leap of faith to believe these stories, even if we have been told them since we were children. That is what it is all about, isn’t it? It’s all about faith. Mere belief won’t allow us to believe the stories. It takes faith, faith in Jesus, to believe He did the things we are told about Him.
Jesus tells Martha, and us, that He is the resurrection and the life. As long as we live in Him, we will never die. Sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Yet, Jesus makes this promise and keeps it. We do not die, if we are in Him. We continue living, even when our mortal bodies die.
I pray we all believe in Jesus. I pray we put our faith into Him so that we believe the stories about Him. I pray each one of us trust Him and believe we never die. Believe in Jesus. Believe the stories about Him. Believe He is who He says He is. Believe Jesus is the Son of God.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
Marty Pressey 