Our Lord has promised mighty signs to Moses. He has appeared to Moses in the burning bush which is not consumed. He has shown that he can adjust the way nature works to bring about his will. Yet Moses has trouble believing that God's power is in him and will work through him to deliver the people of Israel from their bondage. The Lord gives multiple signs for Moses to perform. Yet Moses still doubts, he still does not wish to speak out for God. Therefore the Lord sends Aaron to convey the message he has given Moses to the Pharaoh, the people of Egypt, and the children of Israel.
Do we face fears and doubts? We certainly do. Look what we proclaim as a Christian gospel, after all. We proclaim that sin is real, that it is an offense against God, who is invisible. We proclaim that there is one God who is eternally existent in three persons. Yet we maintain this is one God. We proclaim that sin brings death and that only the death of a perfect sinless human in our place can deliver us from sin. We proclaim that all humans are sinful, therefore to deliver us from sin we need a perfect human who must be specially provided by God. We proclaim that the sin of one person somehow puts sin onto all people and that the death of the perfect human will pay the penalty of sin for all humans, including those who have already died. We proclaim that the perfect one who died for human sin was raised from the dead and ascended to heaven. We proclaim a bodily resurrection, a resurrection to life in blessing for all who believe and a resurrection to life in condemnation for all who do not believe. We say that this eternal blessed life is procured not by our good works but by the good work of Jesus on our behalf. Is this enough to make us doubt? We Christians proclaim lots of things which seem utterly insane. Yet we have reason to believe they are absolutely true.
Just how supernatural is our Lord? Just how able to create, sustain, and adjust this natural world is he? Has he ever changed in this regard? While we fear that we are wrong, let us also look to our Lord in faith, knowing that he is the one who has done mighty signs in the world before and that he can continue to work in just the same way in the future. He has promised never to leave us. He has promised that he will be with us to the end. Resting in this promise of Matthew 28, let us then trust that he will be just as good as his word.
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