I really like the teaching that Bob Yandian does on "Doubt, Unbelief, or Faith?" in today's Morning Moments devotional! I will share some of it here. He begins with James 1:5-6:
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. NKJV
Do you see that doubt tosses us back and forth between the Truth of God's Word and the lies of the enemy and circumstance? I like this part from the devotional:
.......Doubt is different from unbelief. Unbelief has made up its mind and is settled. Doubt looks at both sides and wavers back and forth. James tells us a wavering man will not receive anything from the Lord. The only good thing about doubt is there is still hope. Faith stands on one side and unbelief on the other. Unbelief is the opposite of faith. Faith has made up its mind to believe God's Word. Unbelief has made up its mind to reject the Word of God and go with the symptoms, circumstances or emotions. Doubt stands in the middle and looks at both sides, not sure what to do. We all have had moments of doubt. We have looked at the promises of God and then looked at the symptoms in our body. ....... How do we stop doubt? Make up your mind that God's Word is sure despite what you see, feel or think. Once you have made up your mind to trust God fully, doubt is defeated and unbelief gone. Faith in the promises of God will bring the answer.
Doesn't is help to look at doubt this way? Sometimes doubt seems like a real force that comes against us to try to get us to stop standing! It is so clear here that doubt is just a wavering between the Truth and the lie! THAT should make it SO much easier to go the way of the Word! HE never fails! Amen! Here is Hillsong Live with "The Greatness Of Our God":
Verse 1:
Give me eyes to see
More of who You are
May what I behold,
still my anxious heart.
Take what I have known
And break it all apart
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Verse 2:
Give me grace to see
Beyond this moment here.
To believe that there
Is nothing left to fear.
That You alone are high above it all.
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS 2x
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Bridge: 2x
And there is nothing
That can ever separate us.
There is nothing that can ever
separate us from Your love.
No life, no death, of this I am convinced.
You my God, are greater still.
2x:
And no words can say, or song convey,
all You are the greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
to all You are,
the greatness of our God.
Give me eyes to see
More of who You are
May what I behold,
still my anxious heart.
Take what I have known
And break it all apart
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Verse 2:
Give me grace to see
Beyond this moment here.
To believe that there
Is nothing left to fear.
That You alone are high above it all.
For You my God, are greater still.
CHORUS 2x
No sky contains,
No doubt restrains,
All You are,
The greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
To all You are,
The greatness of our God.
Bridge: 2x
And there is nothing
That can ever separate us.
There is nothing that can ever
separate us from Your love.
No life, no death, of this I am convinced.
You my God, are greater still.
2x:
And no words can say, or song convey,
all You are the greatness of our God.
I spend my life to know,
And I'm far from close
to all You are,
the greatness of our God.
Shalom in Him!
