Doubt Is Not A Friend

It's funny how easy it is to doubt. When we are unsure of our surroundings, our circumstances, our feelings, our emotions, or our relationships, we can either let doubt in or let God in. We either doubt, or we trust. Lately, to be completely honest, I have not been trusting God at all. Sometimes I forget He has everything under control. He knows the future, and worrying and doubting does nothing good for my soul; it only makes me scroll through my insecurities like a tv guide.

When everything seems to be going wrong, it's so easy to let our feelings get compromised and let doubt in. Doubt tells us that it won't work out, our efforts will come to nothing, God isn't really interested in our situation, it will end terribly, we don't really know what we're doing, our feelings aren't real, etc. Instead of doubting, we should be trusting the Lord and trusting His plans. If we submit ourselves to Him, doubt doesn't come easily. When we are in-tune with His will, doubt isn't our go-to emotion. Trust, trust, trust. Because in the end, doubt will do nothing for me. It will only leave me in my insecurities, and rob me of something that could potentially be the best thing that ever happened to me! Doubt keeps me from exploring, because I'm too worried it just "won't work out", or I'll get hurt.

Let's look at a recent scenario of mine: feelings. I am a feeler. It can be good and it can be bad at times. Because I am a Christian, I am always trying to make sure that I stay in the Lord's will for my life, so my feelings are usually guided by that. If all goes well, my feelings are in-tune with His, and I can determine whether my feelings are from Him or from a different source. Now, to be honest, things don't always go well. Sometimes the devil likes to come in and tell me that my true feelings (from the Lord) mean nothing. I begin doubting the Lord's voice, questioning myself, questioning Him. It's a never ending doubting circle. The only way to keep myself from falling into doubt, is to guard my heart from outside voices, knowing my Father's voice clearly, and knowing myself. It's funny when you realize you've been wrong, and you come to the light - everything feels different. Everything feels better. I think "how could I have believed anything else? How silly." Exactly. How silly doubting is. Especially when you're doubting the most important things.