By: Samuel

Read: LEVITICUS 19:1-20:21, MARK 8:11-38, PSALM 42:1-11, PROVERBS 10:17

He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign?
Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”
(Mark 8:12)

Relate: This was when I was a sophomore and was halfway done with the year. This was when my faith in God was declining as I was busy with all the things going on in my life, including sports, instruments, and academics. One day, I began to doubt and thought, “If God truly existed, why doesn’t he show it to me through something visual or another way that I will know?” I started to think that I was not a Christian and wondered if I could even call myself one. I was frustrated and did not know what I should do at that moment. 

Then after a few months, this idea just came into my mind while talking with my mom. She was telling me how it was so interesting how our lives were able to avoid the bad choices we could’ve made and make the right choices even if there were ups and downs. I was thinking about our past and it was indeed interesting. My mom then said how this is God’s love and a sign that he exists and is working in our lives. That was the moment when I realized that God did show signs in my life and it was just that I was not able to recognize them. I was so sorry to God and started to restore my relationship with God again.

React: This verse relates to the illustration I have mentioned above. People including me often question God and wonder if He really exists, and we continue to think, if he does, why doesn’t he show any signs so that it can make it easier for us to realize that he really exists? However, I believe that God is saying that no sign will be given since he is already working in our lives. If we just think a little bit about our past and how it would’ve looked like if we made different decisions, of course, there might have been times when we made the wrong decision, but later on, as time passes by, I believe God also has a reason for why he lead us to make those bad decisions.

Respond:

Dear God,
Thank you for another beautiful day, letting us breathe and live. Thank you for always being by our side and watching over us. I am sorry for doubting my faith and just looking for things that were already given to me. Lord, please help us to realize all the things that happened and how you led us until now because of your goodness. Thank you, God. In the name of Jesus, we pray,
Amen.