Stephen’s post did a fantastic job of pointing out the problem of being overly skeptical. And he is right, we now live in a world of fake news. It’s hard to know who we can trust. And what is our response to such a discordant situation? We look to ourselves…a truly depressing thought.
My gut tells me this all began when we started questioning whether or not there was such a thing called “absolute truth.” But really, as Stephen so aptly pointed out, it began in the beginning. When we took the “apple” to gain wisdom and we were given knowledge that was tainted with death. Curiosity first killed us before it ever killed the cat. Our skepticism led us to that tree as surely as that snake did.
However, the main problem with that moment wasn’t that we were skeptical. We are beings who can think and weigh options before us. Skepticism is part of our created minds. God has made us this way. And when it is used properly, doubt can save us from a lot of harm. But the problem in the Garden of Eden was that we were skeptical of the wrong thing--questioning whether we should breach God’s law instead of questioning a talking snake! We questioned the character of God Himself. We thought He was keeping something from us that we thought was rightfully ours. Our suspicion should've never turned its eyes toward God. But sadly that skepticism bred discontentment in two perfect minds against their prefect Creator…another truly depressing thought.
Ironically, we still struggle against that kind of skepticism today. Left to its own, unbridled skepticism will bury us. This is why faith is so essential to our lives. It breeds hope and it sustains a belief in an invisible and intangible God. We simply believe because we believe in the Good News. Our bedrock of truth is God’s Word and whenever we open those pages our skepticism ought to be relegated by our faith. And I for one would rather trust in a God who has proven himself to be loving, than trust in a world that has proven itself to be cruel.
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