702 Doubt Is Out

Doubt is a dangerous thing. It usually starts small then grows into something debilitating. It starts with doubting you can really change, and leads to doubting your life will ever be good again. How do you overcome the doubt in your life? How do you walk in confidence of who your God is and who he created you to be? Can you completely eliminate doubt and banish the thoughts that make you question? Is that even possible? What is doubt doing in your life? Where is it holding you back? And where is that doubt leading you? In the book of Genesis we see the account of God miraculously making the heavens and the earth in 6 days. The mountains, the seas, the skies. The moon, the stars, the flowers, the animals. Man and woman. All of creation, he created. What a masterpiece. The sun is getting ready to rise here and I’m blown away by it every single day. The creation of God. In Genesis chapter 3 we see all that God created be threatened and forever changed by one thing. This one thing often goes unidentified. What was it that changed the world forever and still taints the world today? Taints your world today. Doubt. Who did doubt come from? The enemy. Satan himself. Satan came in the form of a snake in the Garden of Eden and he planted a seed of DOUBT in Eve with the question, “Did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?” Now he knew exactly what God had said. There was no question about that. But he questioned Eve in such a tricky way. And Eve said, “No. We can eat from any tree in the garden except the one in the middle of the garden. If we eat the fruit from that tree, we’ll die.” Now that’s pretty clear, don’t miss that. The enemy was crafty. He was crafty then, and he’s crafty now. His seeds of doubt will leave you questioning your own truth and questioning the good things in your life. I bet if you stop for a moment today, you’ll recognize seeds of doubt in your life. This is his crappy handywork. It’s soul purpose is to undermine God’s truth and power in your life. It’s there to trip you up and hold you back. He twists God’s words to lead you astray. The serpent said to Eve, “You will certainly not die. God knows when you eat from that tree that your eyes will be opened.” AND EVE BEGAN TO DOUBT GOD’S TRUTH. The enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy, and typically in conspicuous ways. God creates and builds and Satan just casts a stone. The enemy plants a seed of doubt and all is compromised. Where has a seed of doubt been planted in your life? Are you questioning if God really cares about you? Are you questioning if God really has a plan for your life? Are you questioning if you’re really good enough? If your time will ever come? If this will really all work out? If you belong? If maybe everybody would just be better without you? If it’s all just a waste? That is doubt. James 1:6 – “The one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” Is doubt stealing your peace, your confidence, your dreams, and your future? Is doubt stalling your progress? If you’ve been dancing with doubt, the answer is yes. Yes, it has stalled your progress. Yes it has stolen your peace. Yes, it has lessened your confidence. Please listen to me, you are not at the mercy of every doubt that comes to your mind. And in this day and age of social media and everybody’s opinions everywhere, you are subjected to a whole lot of doubt. Doubt in everyone and everything that you know. But you are not a slave to every doubt that comes to your mind or comes up on your screen. Like the waves of the sea, doubts will come, however, you don’t have to let them undermine your faith, your peace, or your confidence. God created you intentionally. You were handcrafted by the almighty for a mighty purpose. Everything about you is part of the master’s design.