Doubting Nothing

“Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate, And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. Acts 10:17-20

God was getting ready to ask Peter to do something that would seem contrary to everything that he had ever been taught. The Jews were very careful to keep themselves separate from the Gentiles. The laws that would have forbidden Peter from associating with Gentiles were roughly equivalent in their importance in the Jewish mindset to the dietary laws that would have kept him from eating pork. In a vision, Peter saw a great sheet filled with animals that were considered unclean and heard a voice telling him to kill and eat them. Peter was confused by this vision because he had never eaten any of those kind of animals. As the servants of Cornelius (a Roman centurion) came to the door asking for Peter, the Lord spoke to Peter and told him to go with them, doubting nothing. Peter did go to Cornelius’ house and preached the Gospel to the Gentiles who were gathered there, and many of them were saved. Sometimes God wants us to get out of our comfort zone and accomplish something that we never thought that we could do. That is the time to dismiss the doubts and do God’s bidding.