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But God chose what is foolish in this world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong…. --1 Corinthians 1:27 In case you haven’t noticed, God often does the unexpected, and sometimes he even does the unusual. Just look at the strategy God gave the children of Israel to bring down the walls of Jericho. God had Joshua put the Ark of the Covenant out front followed by the trumpets carried by the priests, and then the choirs, and finally the people. Then God told them to march around those walls in silence once a day for six days. And on the seventh day, he had them march around the wall seven times. Then, on that seventh time around the city, God said to blow the trumpets and to have the people shout with one great shout and the walls of the city would come down. You have to admit, that sounds like a strange plan! But God’s ways are not our ways. And the walls fell and the children of Israel possessed the Promised Land at last! You know, had the children of Israel given up along the way, their victory would not have come that day. Their story shows just how important it is to trust God and be faithful… until the very last step. Are you in need of a breakthrough in your life? Take heart… your victory may just be ahead. So keep doing what God shows you to do and stay with his plan to the last step… and don’t give up! ARE YOU IN NEED OF A BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR LIFE? TRUST GOD AND BE FAITHFUL… TO THE VERY LAST STEP!

Faith in an Age of Doubt

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:”
2 Peter 3:3–5

When Dr. R. L. Scarborough was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas, he preached a sermon one morning from the story of Jonah. Over lunch that afternoon, his son asked, “Daddy, do you really believe a great fish could swallow a man and him live inside for three days and three nights?” Dr. Scarborough replied, “Son, if God could make a man out of dust, He made out of nothing, don’t you think He has the power to make a fish that could swallow a man and keep him alive?” The boy said, “Well if you bring God into it, that’s different!”
We live in a day of unbelief. But the opinions of men do not change the truth of God. He remains the Creator, who is all powerful whether people believe and acknowledge it or not. The nature and character of God are not determined or changed by popular vote. The responsibility we have as believers is to maintain our faith regardless of what is going on around us. Unbelief is not new. Peter identified “scoffers” in his day who denied the Creation and the Flood in their attempt to avoid having a God to whom they would one day give an account. But God is real, and He is exactly who and what the Bible declares Him to be. He never changes, and we can rest with complete confidence on every promise in His Word.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Faith that is grounded on the Word of God will not be shaken by the unbelief of others.