The Profundity of Unbelief

By Pastor Troy

This week the topic for the service is trusting Jesus. As I mull over the implications of John 12:37-50, I am struck by the profundity (def. the quality or state of being profound; depth) of unbelief. I have been wondering how the same people who watched Jesus turn water into wine, heal the blind and raise Lazarus from the dead struggled with unbelief. How could they fail to see the power and love of Jesus?

As is often the case, I turn to my children for direction. How can kids do the things they do? For instance:

• How can kids remember that you promised them ice cream for hours and forget the reason they walked upstairs in just a few seconds?
• How can kids be so full at dinner and then within five minutes be so hungry for a snack?
• How can kids be crying their eyes out one minute and laughing their head off the next?
• How can a girl so little and cute, burp so loud?
• How can kids think of such hard questions?
• How can kids find every possible place for their food except their mouth
• How can sisters continually find new reasons to argue?
• How can kids hear every secret and not hear any requests?

On a more mature note, how can we fail to accept the promises from Jesus and trust in Him? At any given time, we can fail to see God’s grace and mercy in spite of all He has done to reveal Himself and His will.

I hope you will join us for the service this Sunday. It is my prayer that we will each have our faith strengthened as we allow the text to “Shed some light on unbelief.” If you are unable to attend, we post the sermons online here.