The struggle between faith and doubt takes place in every Christian’s heart. Our circumstances can foster doubts. These doubts will either drive the roots of faith deeper, or expose that our faith is misplaced such we “lose our faith.”
Dan Allender addresses this in The Wager of Faith, part of The Healing Path. Here are some things I need to remember, and perhaps you need to remember as faith and doubt do war in your soul.
“Faith involves placing our well-being into the hands of others who we hope are committed to do us good.”
God is committed to my well-being. Ruthlessly committed to my well-being. This does not mean that my circumstances will be good, but that God is conforming me to the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:28-9). Not everyone is so committed to my well-being, and sometimes we are betrayed.
“Our past may blind us or distort what we consider good or bad, but our conscience continues to warn, chide, and rejoice in truthful loving. … Faith is trust in the goodness of God.”
Our own sinfulness, our particular sins and how we’ve been sinned against color our perspective. This creates some of the doubt we experience. We struggle to believe that God is good when life is particularly difficult. I know I do.
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