Don't Second Guess Yourself! Sample

 DOUBT IS NOT AN OPTION

The Bible says “…he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:6, 7). 

From that verse we can infer that those who single-mindedly stay in faith are stable in all their ways. That’s how I want to be, don’t you? When I ask God for direction, I want to keep my faith on that request and not waver. Then once I make a decision, I want to stay in faith to keep walking it out without regret.

I think sometimes we feel like doubting God is an option. Or that we can’t help it. But God doesn’t look at doubt like that. In Hebrews 3:7-12, the Bible recounts how the children of Israel didn’t get to enter into the Promised Land because of doubting God, and He calls their doubt “an evil heart of unbelief.” The King James version of the Bible calls it “the provocation” meaning a time in Israel’s history when they provoked God.

I don’t want to provoke God, do you? But that’s what the children of Israel did, because they wouldn’t believe. They wouldn’t take God’s Word that the Promised Land belonged to them by covenant right. Instead, they believed more in the giants that they saw. 

As a result, Hebrews 3:19 says, “...they could not enter in because of unbelief.” The Living Bible says, “And why couldn’t they go in? Because they didn’t trust him.” 

Notice God didn’t say, “Oh you poor little Israelites. Those giants are big, aren’t they? I can understand why you doubt my Word and believe more in the giants.” No! He wanted them to believe Him! I wonder how many times we believe more in the circumstances (the giants in our life) than we do in God’s Word? That’s called doubt. 

Doubt is like saying God isn’t big enough to help you or guide you. Don’t do it! God just wants you to believe Him. It takes faith to keep believing Him. Doubt is not an option!