“All sin is rooted in unbelief. We don’t trust that God can and will handle our lives fairly and well.” - Martin Luther
Has life ever worked out well for those who have taken it into their own hands? Our first parents attempted to find life outside of a perfect relationship with God and instead grasped death, clinging to fragments of sin-broken relationship between God and humanity, one another, and creation (Gen 3).
We scoff and bemoan their ridiculous choice - but we make the same choice every day when…
…we do not trust God will get our lives right.
…we believe that He has gotten it wrong.
…we fear that we have been overlooked, forgotten, or mistreated.
…we believe that God owes us.
…we think we deserve better.
We forget that ‘He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will he not also with Him graciously give us all things?’ (Rom 8:32).
How could we doubt His care?
How could we forget His provision?
How could we disbelieve His goodness when we look to the life of our Savior?
Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief. Amen.
Remembering,
AB