The bondage of doubt

Doubting is a spiritual conflict, it is rebellion on our side. Our fight is to be a fight of faith. The moment we give in to doubts, our fight ceases, and our rebellion begins. Just like all sins, doubting is displeasing to the Lord. Doubting can become a bondage of which deliverance is only from Lord Jesus Christ. Only He can free us from the bondage of doubt!

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36

Perhaps that bondage is due to a false conclusion that God has forsaken us and does not love us, and is indifferent to our welfare. We convince ourselves that we are too wicked for Him to care for us. We may not necessarily intend on blaming Him, or accusing Him of injustice, nevertheless, we are guilty of such for we have doubted His Word.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Matthew 6:30

Truth is, it’s is always sinful to indulge in doubts throughout our Christian life. Doubts and discouragements come from Satan and they are always untrue. Deliverance from such bondage must be by the same means as deliverance from any other sin. It is to be found in Christ and in Him alone. We must hand our doubting over to Him as we have learned to hand our other temptations. We must give it up to the Lord and pledge not to doubt any longer.

Like any other sin, the stronghold is in the will, and the will to doubt must be surrendered exactly as we surrender the will or purpose to yield to any other temptation. God always takes possession of a surrendered will. If we come to the point of saying that we will not doubt, and surrender our wills to Him, His Holy Spirit will begin at once to work in us and we will find ourselves kept from doubting by His overcoming power.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Philippians 2:13

Doubting is a temptation from Satan. The moment the attack comes, we must lift up the shield of faith against him. We must hand the very first suggestion of doubt over to the Lord. We must refuse to entertain even the thought of doubt. When Satan tries to attack we can always remember Isaiah 59:19 "the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him," and our doubts will be put to rest.

We have to rely on His faithfulness, not on our own. After all, we have committed the keeping of our soul to Him and we should never again admit the possibility of His being unfaithful. We must believe He is faithful, not because we feel it, or see it, but because He says He is.

Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:24