Cause #2 for Our Doubts: We Question God’s Omnipotence

Again, we don’t want to say this one out loud, but practically speaking, we do this all the time—at least I do.

When my late wife developed epilepsy just 17 days after we were married, I had all the faith in the world in God’s power to heal her. I always prayed, “Not my will, but Your will be done.” But I didn’t mean it. I wanted my will to be done. I wanted my wife to be well.

God said no.

I figured He was just producing faith in me and my children—and that He would eventually heal her in His time.
I was wrong.

Debbie never did get better. In fact, she got worse and worse until, after 28 and a half years of praying, He took her home to be with Him.

There was a four-year period about 20 years in when I truly questioned God’s power to heal. Maybe He had just turned it over to the doctors—except in extreme situations or for exceptionally faithful believers. But not for me. Not for her.

But then I realized:
GOD HAD HEALED HER.

He had done it in His time and in His way. She had received the ultimate healing and was now in Paradise with Him.

And that is the ultimate power statement, isn’t it?
For apart from the power of the resurrection, we would have no hope. Jesus raised the dead, healed the lame, gave sight to the blind, and cast out demons with a word. Jesus appeared to Thomas—and the other disciples—out of nothing. Locked doors and thick walls couldn’t stop Him from accomplishing His purposes.

And neither can epilepsy, or dementia, or MS.

Our God is ruler over all because of His omnipotence.

Check off Cause #2 for doubting Him.

Tomorrow we’ll look at Cause #3!