He Reads My Mind

Your silent prayers uttered on tear-stained pillows were heard before they were said. Your deepest questions were answered before they were asked.

~Max Lucado

As I have been reading my bible more, I have had many questions pop up in my mind. How do we know what we are reading is valid? How can we trust the people who wrote the gospels? How do we know that what we are reading isn't just a legend? The questions go on and on. I was fascinated by the stories in the New Testament, but at the same time I was doubting its credibility. My faith was at a place it had never been before, but was my doubt outweighing my faith?

My twin and I have had a lot of "Jesus Talks" lately, but I never mentioned my doubts to her. One day while she was at her desk and I was laying on her bed (I usually just bust up into her room and hang out, most the time unwanted), I was telling her how I needed another book to read. She handed me "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. She had never read the book, and I had never mentioned my doubt to her, but the book went hand-in-hand with what I was dealing with in my faith. Coincidence? No! God knew what I was dealing with in my mind, and placed the book to answer all my questions in my hand.

Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
~Psalms 139:4. 

As I dove into the book, the first chapter dealt with, "Can the biographies of Jesus be trusted?" This was the main question that I was asking. How could I know for sure that what I am reading is actually true? The answer was laid out plain and simple for me. God hit the nail on the head, and immediately gave the answer to the question I was asking.

In the book, Strobel breaks the case for Christ down in different forms of evidence. Each form of evidence approaches the credibility of the gospels in numerous directions. The book consist of different interviews from various intellectuals who provide factual information based on the type of evidence proposed by Strobel. Every question I seemed to conjure up in my mind was answered in the different forms of evidence. Whether it was a historical question about the reliability of the Gospels or about inconsistent verses within the different Gospels, the answers were provided for me. God knew where I was doubting, and He provided the answers.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
~Hebrew 4:13

It is amazing how God knows everything about us. Every thought in our mind, every move we make, and every sin we commit, He knows everything about us. Our God is omniscience! All the doubt that I once had that only I thought I knew, God revealed himself to me. God reads my mind, and He continues to reveal Himself to me.