GOODNEWS DEVOTIONAL. 💣 SATURDAY, 16TH OF JUNE 2018 👔 HOW TO OVERCOME UNBELIEF TEXT: JAMES 1:6
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind”
Have you heard this before “unbelieving believers”? That is the best way to describe many of God’s children who believe in Christ Jesus but do not believe in the works of Christ. They believe Jesus as their saviour but not as their healer, they believe that He had paid the price for their sins but they are yet to believe that He had paid the price for their success and breakthroughs. So, they are doubters because they can’t stand on the promises of God. They can’t ask God to give them anything without doubting it. They are never sure that God will do whatever He says.
Who is the fellow that operates in unbelief? He/she is a person who believes in the existence of God but does not believe in the promises of God. He/she is a fellow who believes that God is good but he is not sure whether God will be good concerning His words. This is the point, unbelief is more dangerous than the power of witches, wizards and curses. Speaking about the Israelites, the bible says “So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.” Wow, these were the same people that the evil power of Pharaoh could not stop from leaving Egypt, but unbelief was able to stop them from entering Canaan. Witches, wizards and curses could not stop them from gaining their freedom but unbelief denied them of experiencing true liberty.
Doubting God and His word is more destructive than the evil power of darkness. Like our text says “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind” verse 7 continues to say “or let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” This means, unbelief can render many hours of prayers, fasting, giving of seed and kingdom service useless. This also means, no matter how much you love the Lord, if you can’t trust Him, believe in Him, you would not have all He promises to do for you.
Sometimes unbelief is not total disbelief in the promises of God, it is just a belief system that says “what the devil wants to do is more real than what God promises to do”. Now, to conquer unbelief, you must believe that whatever God promises to do is more real than what the devil is planning to do. To overcome unbelief you must always remind yourself that, it does not matter how long and what happens, what God says will surely come to pass because He said in His word “Heaven and earth may pass away but a jolt in His will not go unfulfilled” Psalm 138:2 also said “..For He has magnified His word above all His name.” Hallelujah.
Confession
Father, I believe You and Your word more than I believe the lies of the devil. Your word is true, your word is Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus.
Daily Bible Reading: JEREMIAH 50, PROVERBS 16, GALATIANS 5, DEUTERONOMY 14
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