1 Kings 17:1-16
Elijah had been sustained by supernatural food provided by ravens. Nevertheless, there was a problem - the brook was dry. So God told him to go see this widow in Zarephath. Imagine Elijah's thought when he sees this thin, discouraged, poor woman who couldn't even feed herself. Think of the contrast between her and the ravens! She had given up on life, gathering provisions for one last meal before starvation. I can see myself being tempted. "Lord, this woman has no faith - I mean zero. How am I going to eat if she can't believe You to provide for her, which will in turn provide for me?!" Nevertheless, Elijah was working on the principle of promise, not circumstance. God had said, "I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." The last time God said this language all was well. A long, wonderful story short - everybody ate and nobody died - just like God promised!
If the belief of another person cannot qualify as my belief toward God, then the unbelief of another cannot disqualify me from believing God. Whether or not my co-workers are going to believe God today matters very little. Today, I will rise and fall - not on the faith (or lack thereof) of another, but whether or not I will believe God to be true, though the circumstance (and everyone else) seemingly declare the opposite. Past unbelief doesn't disqualify me. Nor does the unbelief of others disqualify me. The only thing to disqualify me is present unbelief.
