I can’t tell you the exact number of hours or even days I have read God’s Word, not the number of hours I have listened to sermons and teachings from the Word of God, but it’s a lot. I’m not trying to brag, just stating the facts. I’m sure many of you could say the same thing, and depending on when you got saved the number of hours we have had in the Word of God would be astronomical. I got saved in the winter of 1969 so for me that would be about 50 years. As I was seeking the Lord this morning the question hit me, “Has The Word Changed You Much?

I started this topic of our common struggle as Christians with doubt and unbelief by saying that many times our assumptions about what the Christian life should look like gets us into real trouble.  We might assume that once we are Christians doubt just disappears because we are disciples of Jesus now. This connection to Jesus doesn’t guarantee less struggle with doubt but actually can intensify it. As unbelievers we walked in deception and now as believers we are trying to walk in truth and reality.  That is difficult! Remember the movie the Matrix?  There is the choice of taking the blue pill, which represents deception and going back to sleep, or choosing the red pill, which exposes us to what is really going on. If you haven’t read the first two articles please do so before reading this one. It will make more sense.