Pathway to Victory Daily Devotional

As you grow older, instead of becoming more anxious, you ought to have more times you can look back on and remember when God delivered you and protected you. When you’re anxious, remember His past faithfulness.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus explained why we shouldn’t worry. Of course, that’s easier said than done, but remembering Jesus’ words can help us shift our focus from our worries to His peace.

I believe they come from a satanic attack. In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” Satan wants to steal your joy and destroy your peace, and one way he does this is through anxiety.

Wouldn’t it be nice to live in a world in which the biggest things you had to worry about were horsemanship and bugs? Yet I’ve discovered that the size of what we worry about doesn’t necessarily determine our level of anxiety. What matters is our focus.

Doubt is natural, but if we nurture the seeds of doubt, they grow into unbelief and ultimately departure from the faith. So how do we conquer doubt? Let me share three practical principles for moving from doubt to faith.

Isn’t it interesting that Jesus knew exactly what Thomas had said to the other disciples? This leads to another principle: Dependable evidence is distributed to doubters. Jesus didn’t scorn Thomas because he wanted evidence; instead, Jesus gave Thomas what he was looking for.

Doubt is something we all deal with in our lives. Today and tomorrow, we’re going to look at the champion doubter of all time: the apostle Thomas. I like Thomas because he would say what everybody else was thinking, and God honored Thomas’s sincere questioning.