The Evil That Is Unbelief

Often when we think of faith, if we lack it, we just think it’s something to be worked on, something we have to get better at, but I don’t think we ever really think of it as evil doing. The more I think about it, the more I search the word on it, the clearer it becomes that God calls our unbelief evil.

““How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14:27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When the Israelites were in the Wilderness they made a habit of complaining against God. This was all the more frustrating because God was consistently coming through for thenIsraelites, He had freed them from the Egyptians, parted the Red Sea and provided them with manna, yet when it came to entering the promise land they doubted, complained and questioned God, and for this God called them and evil congregation.

“Then the LORD said to Moses: “How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?”

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭14:11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There is a strong link in scripture between faith and obedience and our faith evidenced by our obedience. Yet again on scripture we see God link these two thins as evil doing, when He speaks to Jeremiah.

“And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭18:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

God makes it clear that if we walk in disbelief and do not trust and obey Him, He will relent from doing that which He said He will do. Our faith is integral to God. He did the same thing in the wilderness when He caused the entire generation of Israelites or did not believe Him to die before He took them into the promise land.

Our belief in God is so important to Him and it can hinder us from walking in what He has for us. I pray that we all have our faith strengthened and wander not into such evil doing.