What If?

Are you sure? Did he really do that? Am not sure it’s going to work, no they cannot be able to do that. Is that real? Is it true? You can? Can you do it? Can I trust you? Will you be able to? Can I do this? Am not qualified to do this, this is not my place, I cannot do it. Questions and statements often asked and said when we doubt someone or something.

Doubt is one of the most single lethal weapon unleashed against man. Do not get me wrong it is not bad to question or be sure about something if you are not. Doubt is simply lack of faith. When you do not believe in something known. It is the feeling when you actually fail to trust yourself, a promise, God, a person’s capability.  You just cannot put yourself to believe, that it is possible, or it can be done, or they can do it or you can do it. Doubt in actual sense is being double minded. Having two minds and not being able to decide.

Why is doubt that dangerous? Let’s first start by making one thing clear, the failure of mankind started with a doubt. The fact that Eve doubted herself about the trueness of the fruit of the tree of good and evil led her to eating the fruit. Now the enemy never changed the same weapon he used throughout mankind till Jesus and again he asked Jesus during the temptation “if you are the son of God…” doubt!!! Well we know Jesus did not doubt himself. But we find Thomas who did not believe Jesus about him resurrecting even after seeing him he still wanted to touch. Peter already walking on water did not have to doubt but he did and that led him to start sinking.

Like I said doubt is not believing that which is known, like peter already walking on water but doubts, Thomas seeing Jesus but still doubts, Eve knowing the fruit is not to be eaten but still doubts, you who can sing but thinks you cannot or will not do it well, you who think you can write, teach, play, dance, pass exams, read, love again, forgive, healed, overcome, and so on but you still think you cannot. Yet it is known that you are capable of doing it. You know but you still have a double mind. Let me warn you today doubt only leads to confusion which later leads to disobedience to God which later leads to destruction.

James 1:6-8 says “ But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.  That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.” Listen a double minded person should NOT expect to receive anything from God, as in if you doubt it is as good as useless to pray because He is not going to give you anything. That is how much doubt can cost you that even God will not listen to you. And we ask why we pray and pray and nothing happens, well know you know you are full of doubt and no faith, you are double minded, indecisive, you are a sea just being tossed around by your emotions, perceptions, ideologies and philosophies of this life.

If there is one thing you don’t want to do is doubt especially doubting God. So today listen do not harden your hearts, doubt is a weapon by the devil against man so that we can fail or go against God. Whenever you find yourself doubting just say like Jesus “get behind me satan.” And go back to the truth of the word of God.  Do not keep blessings away from you because you doubt. Do not fail to grow because you doubt. Do not fall into temptation because you doubt.

“Don’t doubt your faith, doubt your doubt because it is unreliable.”

“The more you doubt yourself, the more power you give doubt to control you.”

Let your faith roar so loud that you cannot hear what your doubt is telling you.