Doubt is a Choice

"He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

James 1:8

Someone had given a little boy a one dollar bill. He said to his dad, "Keep this for me." In just a few minutes, he came back to his dad, saying, "I'd better keep my own dollar." He put it in his pocket and went out to play. Not long after that, he came back with tears in his eyes, saying, "Dad, will you help me find my dollar? I lost it." We may be that way with God our Father.

There is a danger of being double-minded, leading to doubt. We find our prayers are hindered from receiving God's good gifts, because doubt arises from being double-minded.

The apostle James warned Christians about being double-minded. The root cause was identified as doubt. He warns, "For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from God" (James 1:7). Doubt gets us nowhere. No one can walk in two different directions at the same time. We may walk in one direction and change our minds to walk in the opposite direction. Such doubt leads to frustration and defeat. Doubt is simply a reluctance to trust God's promises completely.

Are there any doubts which rob you of God's best in life? Doubt is a choice. But, it is much more than that, it is an unwillingness to place confidence in the trustworthy promises of God. When we look at doubt that way, then we can sincerely confess it as sin. Establish a no tolerance policy with doubt. Choose to trust the promises of God and leave doubt behind you. 

Prayer: Father, we confess our doubts as sin. We choose to trust all the promises of the Bible for us in Christ Jesus. Amen.