Today I want to share a well-known Biblical story, which narrates the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, in which we have once spoken in it highlighting the unbelief of Thomas, but today I want to give another approach paying attention to some important aspects immersed in it.
When the night came that same day, the first of the week, when the doors were closed in the place where the disciples were gathered for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and, standing in the middle, said: Peace to you. And when he had told them this, he showed them his hands and his side. And the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Then Jesus said again to them: Peace to you. As the Father sent me, so I send you. And having said this, he breathed, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. To whom you remit sins, they are remitted to you; and to whom you retain them, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: We have seen the Lord. He said to them, "If I do not see the mark of the nails in their hands, and put my finger in the place of the nails, and put my hand into their side, I will not believe." Eight days later, his disciples were again inside, and with them Thomas. Jesus arrived, the doors being closed, and stood in the middle and said: Peace to you. Then he said to Thomas: Put your finger here, and look at my hands; and draw your hand, and put it in my side; and do not be an unbeliever, but a believer. Then Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord, and my God! Jesus said to him: Because you have seen me, Thomas, you believed; Blessed are those who did not see, and believed.
John 20: 19-29
Well, let's notice that in the reading it says "when the doors are closed", all at some point in our lives we feel frustration, pain, despair and we feel sad as I imagine that the disciples would be at that moment, so many times we find ourselves and our the forces are dwindling, but today I want to tell you that even with all that adverse panorama that is the moment where our courage and our impetus must rise because when we only see the closed doors is where the Lord appears in our lives fulfilling his word and filling with blessing our environment as it happened to the disciples.
As if the first time was not enough then again "when the doors are closed" appears the Lord, I believe emphasizing two things, the first that does not exist or prevails closed door and the second that He is always there, perhaps some of us like Thomas and in those moments of pressure we do not see, we do not feel or believe that the Lord will visit us but we must be sure that as in the reading God will show himself at the precise and indicated moment, giving encouragement and joy to our lives.
Today God tells us not to fear because I am with you and although you do not see me, you feel dejected and your strength fails, I listen to each of your words because I never leave you and in due course I will answer each one of your words.
There is no gray situation or environment that we go through in which God does not accompany us, take heart in our hearts trusting in the faithfulness of our God.
Well, he waited for this post to be a blessing to their lives, thank you for the moment it took you to read it, God bless you.