This is why you must now acknowledge, and fix in your heart, that the LORD is God in the heavens above and on earth below, and that there is no other. (Deuteronomy 4:39 NABRE)
Moses reminds the Israelite that they believe in God because he chose them as his own, because of his faithfulness to the promise he made to their ancestors, and because of the many great wonders he performed as he led them out of slavery in Egypt and into the promised land.
Why do you believe in God?
Is it because you were taught about God since you were a child and just never questioned it? Is it because you met someone who told you about Jesus with words that made you sense some truth in them? Is it because you have seen evidence of God in the world?
Each believer has a reason, or a combination of reasons, why he or she believes in God.
We should consider them, challenge them, and share them with each other. It is in this way we become strong witnesses to God's place in our lives, as strong as Peter, as strong as Paul. In this way we speak God's word into today's world. In this way, we join other believers in a public faith that confronts the evil that grows in indifference, moral confusion, and callousness.
Figure out why you believe, with experience gain your confidence, and when the time is right tell someone about it.
Don't hide your faith. Don't be evasive about your belief. And don't worry if you're not ready to speak about your faith yet. You will be when you need to be. By inviting the Holy Spirit of God to speak when you need the words, you become like the apostles to whom Jesus said, "But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
Today, I will acknowledge the Lord is God and there is no other.
Saint Cajetan, who reminds us God’s standards of success differ from ours, pray for us.
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