“…doubt causes a person to waver between two opinions, whereas unbelief leads to disobedience,” says Joyce Meyer in Battlefield of the Mind. Both of these are not helpful to our everyday lives. Which one are you plagued by, doubt or unbelief? Joyce says that doubt is when we want to believe something will happen but we question whether it will. For example, Steve was praying and believing that he would be healed from a sickness. During this time he was plagued with thoughts of disbelief. He was healed but he had to ward off the doubtful thoughts that he wouldn’t be healed. Doubtful thoughts only bring discouragement.
Joyce reminds us that we are all given a passion and purpose. Doubt is from the devil to discourage us from living our life’s purpose. In the Bible, Peter walks on water toward Jesus when out at sea in the middle of a storm. It says in Matthew 12:32 “And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.” We live within the storm of our lives when we live in doubt and disbelief. Once Peter believed and had faith the storm stopped. This is a metaphor in regards to the storm of our life when we have doubt. I am starting a new job and I can easily have doubt that I won't be good enough but that only creates chaos in my head. Instead I will believe that I am equipped with the right tools to learn, therefore ceasing the storm and living a peaceful life.
Lastly, doubt does not need to exist if you have faith and believe as it says in Matthew 21:18-22 “And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and believing, you will receive.” As Joyce points out, doubt is a choice, you can choose your own thoughts. The battlefield is in the mind.
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