Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them,
"Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my
hand in his side, I will not believe."
No wonder that when the other disciples told Thomas that they had seen the risen Lord, Thomas
blurted out, "Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the
place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." Thomas was not being
difficult. He was being consistent with his own character. He was a cautious man, a man of
integrity, a man who did not plunge in without all the facts. He was a man, however, who when
he did plunge in, gave his all. It was a high and holy moment when Christ did appear to Thomas.
"Reach here your finger, and see My hands," the risen Christ said to Thomas, "and reach here
your hand, and put it into My side; and be not unbelieving, but believing." We can imagine
Thomas kneeling in the face of incontrovertible evidence and declaring with a strong and solemn
voice, "My Lord and my God!"
(John 20:25
NRSV)
It was Thomas who spoke up and said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going,
how do we know the way?" (14:1-5) Thomas was not uncommitted. He was simply honest. He
knew that many people have been misled by false religious teachers but he was determined that he
would not make the mistake himself. "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we
know the way?"
Dear God, help my unbelief. Amen.
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