Doubt

Mark 9:24 (LSB) 24 Immediately the boy’s father cried out and was saying, “I do believe; help my unbelief.”

Unbelief; it’s a word that we don’t often speak as a follower of Christ.

We like to think that we have it all together. You know; walking in perfect faith, never doubting God in any way, shape, or form.

Wouldn’t that be nice?

But the truth is that we all have questions or doubts that we wrestle with from time to time.

No, this doesn’t make us evil or apostate.

It makes us human.

Becoming a follower of Christ doesn’t suddenly remove our frailties. It simply means that we begin trusting God, one little step at a time, with everything about our lives.

This is a journey. It takes time. And it requires that we learn to trust God at increasing levels as we allow Him to walk us through life and the things it throws at us.

It never happens completely and suddenly. It’s like a seed that is planted and grows as it receives water and proper nutrition.

The Holy Spirit is that water. God’s word is the nutrition.

And our part is to exercise our faith; use it and walk in it so it can grow and become stronger.

It will come if we are faithful to nurture it.

And remember; even the apostles, men who walked with Jesus, had doubts that they wrestled with as they worked out their faith in Him.

Go. Trust Him. And grow that faith.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Matthew 19:26 (NKJV) 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

I must remind myself of this truth continually.

I can be going along one day, strong in my walk, and then wake up another day with my mind and emotions getting the best of me, and I start to doubt.

I know I’m not alone in this. I have learned we need God even in our thinking process.

Spending too much time thinking is not good. Our thoughts can sometimes hinder our walk with God.

We must balance it.

We should take time to ponder on things. We need to recognize the reality of things. But we should not “over-ponder” them.

There is a line we cannot cross. If we do, we then go into worrying.

How do we know when we have crossed that line?

It’s easy. We can tell by the way it is affecting us that we crossed the line.

When we start to worry or be concerned to the point where it is all we think about, or when we see it is consuming us, we’ve gone too far.

We need to pull ourselves together, lay it down at the cross, and walk by faith.

Praising God despite not having all the answers is huge.

Praising God in the midst of a storm will move mountains.

If we choose to praise God when everything around us is causing us to doubt, it’s in these moments that God sees our hearts and how much we truly trust Him.

Praise Him today, no matter what it is that is trying to take us down.

Praise Him, by knowing Who He is in this storm; our strength and song.

Exodus 15:2 (NKJV) 2 The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

Amen.

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