Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to another mornings with the masters where we

devote ourselves to the Lord, daily with you. Good morning, you guys. Good morning, indeed.

We're picking up with day 10 of our 21 days of discipleship devotional. In the Bible

app, there's a link to that in the description if you guys want to follow along with us.

And as always, I'm going to read the scripture then Tori's going to pick with the divo.

Let's do it. The scripture is first John chapter one, verse five, and it says this,

this is the message we heard from Jesus and now declared to you, God is light and there

is no darkness in him at all. The devotional is titled, he's not afraid of questions,

and it says this, in John 10, Jesus identified himself as the good shepherd and the son of God.

If you happen to have a running list of who Jesus is, here are a few things to add from previous

chapters. He's the word, the savior of the world, the living water, the fulfillment of scripture,

the bread of life, God's provision from heaven, the constant one, the one to trust, the Messiah,

and the miracle worker. Maybe you needed to be reminded of one of those things today. If so,

take some time to just sit still and contemplate Jesus. That's good. In verse 37 of this chapter,

Jesus says, if I am not doing the works of my father, then do not believe me. Basically, this is

Jesus putting his money where his mouth is. He's saying, okay, you've heard who I claim to be,

and you've seen the things I'm doing. If those two things don't wind up, then go ahead,

call me crazy. Jesus welcomes the scrutiny because he lived with complete integrity.

We will find no inconsistencies in him. He is light and in him there is no darkness at all,

but being a disciple of Jesus doesn't mean we never have doubts. Jesus was speaking directly to

people who doubted him, showing them what to do with those questions. Because doubts don't

disqualify us from following Jesus, but they can actually serve to strengthen our faith as we

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