Believing makes a difference. You can count on it. Doubt makes the opposite difference and you can take that to the bank as well.
When one believes God works among us, He does. When one doesn't, He doesn't. Yes, the rain falls on the just and the unjust. When it comes to individual faith, what we choose to believe or doubt falls into place.
Abraham so strongly believed in God's resurrection power that he could faithfully offer Isaac upon the stack of wood. Sure enough, God came through.
Mainly, I note the twelve spies. Two believed. Ten doubted. The entrance into the Promised Land was not a mixture of the two groups. No. The dividing line was consistent witht the belief/doubt line.
Some fiercely believe they have abundant reason to be joyous. Others doubt it. Watch the day unfold. It will align with the faith/doubt elements and will not vary. Those who believe will see God's blessings; even in the midst of suffering while those who doubt will fail to see abundant riches; even in the midst of a very good day.
That's sorta weird.
Yet it is consistently true. Those who believe see life abundantly. Those who doubt have conversations brimmed with bummeristic doctrine.
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