Can Unbelief be EVIL?

Isn't it just... a weakness?
A sign of immaturity?
A small thing that you outgrow?

Hebrews 3:12 calls it "an evil heart of unbelief"
and says you are departing from God while
you entertain unbelief.

Unbelief, then, is not just a weakness.
It's not simply ignorance.
Not a slip of the heart.
Not a bad habit.
Not a small thing, by any means, but Evil.
Wicked.

Wow. That's interesting.

How often do I fall into unbelief?

And I don't mean the kind
of unbelief that can't seem to twist
God's arm for a miracle.

If "God hath said"... is all over the Bible,
what is it that pulls me to question it?

God hath said.... Come unto me, and I will give you rest.
And, Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.
And, God is Good...
And, God is Love
And, He who humbles himself will be exalted.
And, I will never leave you nor forsake you.

We want to take "God Hath Said..."
and make it into "Hath God Really Said...?"
Just like the Father of Lies did to Eve.

Many things said by God may not happen overnight...
but you can rest assured they will happen.
And if not overnight, is that reason for me to fall
into unbelief?
Is that reason for me to be despondent?














Is He not the Lover of my Soul?
Is He not my Comforter and Helper?
Is He not my Heavenly Father and my Creator?

Unbelief says, "naaaaah...
...it isn't true for me."

Boiled down, unbelief calls God a liar.

And I have to agree... that makes
unbelief evil and wicked. All that God wants
for us is for our good, because He is good.
He is Love. There is no hint of darkness in Him.











God help me when I don't believe!
I totally confess my unbelief...

Shhhhhhhh.

"If you can't improve the silence...

don't speak."
















I absolutely love this golden nugget.
I've heard it said a thousand times,
by a thousand tongues...

"if you don't have anything good to say,
don't say anything at all."

But what I like about the former quote is
that it speaks very highly of silence.

"If you can't improve the silence...

very simply... be quiet!"

Shhhhhh...

Yes, I yelled at my kids -
for a short while.
Everytime I did,
I remember hating it .
It felt so Wrong.
"Why am I acting like such a fool?
What an awful way to deal with things!"

I knew it was me that was out of control.
Not them.

The yelling came from my
own inward struggle...
they did not need me to yell
at them to get them to listen.

I had inward turmoil.
Turmoil I was not dealing with,
and I took it out on them.

I just thank God it was only
for a short period of time.

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Thankfully, God is not that way.
He has no inward turmoil.
Turmoil means trouble.
Inward trouble.
Confusion, fear, and doubt.

Now I understand why God whispers.
He does not yell (unless He wants to).
He does not startle you
with that "Lofty Voice".

Now I understand why He wasn't in the
windstorm when He spoke to Elijah
in 1 Kings 19:12,
nor was He in the lightning,
or the fire...

He whispered calmly.
Ever so gently.








And He still does today.
And those who hear Him
are those who have
quieted their souls.
I need to cultivate a quieter soul.

Father God, is it such a wonder
that you would ask me...
To Be Still...
that I might know that you are God
and able to speak to me?
(Psalm 46:10)