How to Defeat Doubt and Unbelief Once and for All
I have developed a "life attitude" that makes me more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus: "I'm going to finish my course, enjoy the journey, fulfill my destiny and have everything Jesus died for me to have!"
Before I learned to live with this attitude, I struggled with two things the devil often threw at me: doubt and unbelief.
Doubt and unbelief are big problems for Christians. They are negative and discourage us. They cause us to make poor choices, which make life difficult. They cause us to say things like, "I wish I could lose weight," or "I wish my kids would behave," or "I wish I could keep my house clean," or "I wish I had better relationships."
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We need to stop wishing for things and make up our minds that God will help us to have wisdom, make good choices, and overcome our trials and tribulations if we will put our faith in Him.
And doubt and unbelief interrupt faith.
Another way we struggle with doubt and unbelief is by thinking God won't help us because we haven't done everything right. Or believing that God is willing to help other people but not me.
But God doesn't expect perfection from us. God works in our lives through faith. He wants us to trust Him, believe in Him, have faith in Him, and have a hopeful, positive attitude. He wants us to expect Him to do good things in our lives.
Every day you need to say, "Something good is going to happen to me today. I can hardly wait to see what God is going to do in my life today!"
And you especially need to speak this when the devil is trying to flood your mind with doubts. The way you fight the devil is by opening your mouth and saying what God says. Don't just let the devil use your mind as a garbage dump.
Learn How to Doubt Your Doubts
You may be thinking, I just can't help it…I wish I could believe and not doubt. But the truth is, you can! God wouldn't tell us to believe in Him if it wasn't possible for us to do it. We can defeat doubt and unbelief if we know how to do it.
So how do we do it? How do we believe God and live by faith? Romans 10:17 (NKJV) tells us how: "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
The key here is the Word of God. We need to love the Word of God and go after it like we go after food when we're really hungry. When we're hungry, we'll usually do what we need to do to get food.
God's Word is medicine for our soul and the food we need to keep our spirit strong. It has inherent power to change our lives when it is mixed with faith. Study the Word and speak the Word. We need to talk about the good things God has done and not the problems.
In Luke 4, when Jesus was in the wilderness, the devil came to tempt Him. When the devil spoke to Him, Jesus responded, "It is written…" and quoted the Word of God. He used the Word as a weapon to overcome the lies of the enemy.
We can do the same thing. We can respond to the thoughts the devil brings to our mind with the truth of God's Word. We can feed our faith with the Word, rather than feeding doubt with the devil's lies.
Decide to doubt your doubts and believe what God says it true. Talk about the good things God has done, not the problems. Spend time with people who feed your faith, encourage you and believe God.
Refuse to be a lazy Christian and resist a passive, apathetic attitude. Be determined to do your part to build your faith. Never give up. And you will defeat doubt and unbelief!
