Trading Doubt for Uncompromising Faith

Have you ever given a big problem over to God and felt an instant assurance that He would take care of it? You had faith to believe in His Word, and you trusted it?

But without warning, you began to question. You started looking at the impossibility of the situation, and you tried to reason it out according to human understanding.

You still claimed to believe, but secretly doubted God could handle it.

Trading Doubt for Uncompromising Faith

I’ve been there too. That’s a tough place for us to be because a big part of our faith is believing God is in control of all things. When we harbor hidden doubts that He is able to work in our circumstances, we take control away from God and claim it for ourselves. And I know from personal experience, that’s shaky territory.

James 1:6 tells us this, “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.”

I know how that feels, being blown and tossed by the wind. I long to be steadfast in my belief, but my human mind tries to reason things out. I entertain thoughts like, “I don’t know how this could work. This is unbelievable. There’s no way.” I think about all the possible alternatives, and before you know it I’m right back to unsteady waters.

Learning to grasp belief is not easy. It takes practice to stand firm against doubt, and thankfully we have God’s Word to lead the way. In my journey to truly understand what it means to believe, I found a verse that completely changed my perspective on what it looks like to have uncompromising faith.

“Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 CSB

Truth for When We Doubt

God is faithful. Not only sometimes, not just when it’s convenient, but always. Memorizing this verse helped me strengthen my resolve to trust with unwavering faith. I pray it will do the same for you.

There are times in life when we need to believe God for big things. It’s in those times we need the assurance of this verse to remind us of an important truth.

Our job is to hold onto God’s promises and trust His faithfulness. When we do, we can move from constant doubt to uncompromising belief.

So the next time you begin to question or find yourself in a situation that seems impossible, know without a doubt that God is faithful. We can hold onto that promise today and everyday.

I share more ways to trade doubt for uncompromising faith in my new book, Cinched: Living with Unwavering Trust in an Unfailing God, which releases next week. You can find out more about it on this page.

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When You Bend Down and Believe

Our devotion this week comes from my dear friend, writer Lyli Dunbar. I know you will enjoy her contribution to our series on BELIEF. Let’s learn what it means to bend down and believe!

I woke up a few weeks ago with a knot in my stomach. My anxiety was so heavy that I couldn’t hold food down for several hours. To settle my nerves, I nibbled on bite-sized pieces of bread and drank sips of Gatorade. All morning, I sat in my living room with my Bible open on my lap and asked God to help me push past fear.  

“Lord, we need a breakthrough.”  Someone I loved was in a heap of trouble, and there was not a thing I could do to change it. All I could do was pray.  

So with a heavy heart, I cried out to God and asked Him to do what I could not. I asked Him to interrupt my loved one and turn her around.

I needed a miracle.

I asked the Creator who spoke this vast universe into existence to say a word of life and peace over my family.

I looked to my Savior to fight for me and with me. My Jesus who conquered the ravages of sin and death must once again rescue a lost soul from the gates of hell.  

I groaned as the tears fell and asked the Holy Spirit to help.  

Do it again, Jesus.  Do it again.

Lord, I want to believe You can do the impossible.  

This morning as I type these words I am still persevering in prayer. I will go down fighting on my knees. I will bend down and believe God is faithful and true.  

I will never give up. God gets the last word, and He is not finished yet.  

Friend, God is going to do even greater things. He always gets the glory.  If you are reading this and struggling to believe, I want to encourage you to bend down and believe. Lift up your  heart to Him and ask Him to help your unbelief.

He is still Healer.

He is still Lord of all.  

He can speak but a word, and you will witness His wonder.  

On days when I am struggling to believe, I will often open up my Bible to the gospels and read about how Jesus helped the lame to walk and the blind to see.  He called out demons, and He cleansed lepers. This is the same Jesus whose resurrection power lives in me. Death could not hold Him.  Nothing can stop Him.

This morning, I turned to Mark 9 and read about the man who brought his mute son to Jesus. I picture this father carrying his boy with the foaming mouth to the Savior.  I see his tiny frame twitching uncontrollably as his father stands there holding his body up as an offering. His father pleads for Jesus to have a heart and help his precious child who had endured uncontrollable convulsions day after day. This weighed down man holds up his son and says, “ If you can do anything, do it.”

Jesus’ response captured my attention: “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.” (Mark 9:23, MSG)

When we bend down and believe, our what ifs turn into without a doubt.  (Tweet this.)

Without a doubt, God can do it.  He did it before, and He will do it again.

Until then, I choose to bend down and believe.

Lyli Dunbar’s burning passion as a writer, speaker and Biblical life coach is to fuel a wildfire faith in the weary hearted. She starts every weekday by digging into the Word verse by verse with thousands of women as a writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries’ First 5 App and Love God Greatly. A fireball at heart, Lyli is energized by singing karaoke in the car with her husband, reading 12 books at a time, and cooking Cuban food for a full house. Stop by lylidunbar.com to grab faith fuel for your day or connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

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