Believe

So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” – 2 Chronicles 20.20

“Believe’ is such a simple word. It doesn't sound like it could even be a deep theological word. It just sounds, I don’t know, like a soft word or something.

But believe is a word of great depth and importance. Here the people are told to ‘believe the Lord and His prophets’ and that if they do believe that will be established and prosperous. There was not a call to action here, but a call to believe.

Believe is a principle that runs all through God’s word, especially when it we come to salvation in Christ.

For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish…

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved…

Whoever confesses with His mouth the Lord Jesus and believes in his heart that God has raised Him from the dead shall be saved…

Belief is not easy though - that's why in Mark 9, when the young boy was brought to Jesus for healing Jesus said ‘all things are possible, just believe’ and the boy’s father said “I do believe, help my unbelief.’

Lord, I too believe, but I too have to say ‘help my unbelief.’