Choose to believe rather than doubt...

 Choose to believe rather than doubt...

One sentence in a devotion for today reads, “whatever you are going through, whatever is consuming you with anxiety, make a choice to believe instead of doubt”-by Cherie Hill, in He Whispers Your Name...

I was reading of David’s return to Jerusalem after fleeing from his son, Absalom who had tried, unsuccessfully, to take over the kingship.

He was met with a variety of people as well as a variety of responses...unbelief, doubt, fear, celebration...he knew God’s call on his life...

And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 5:12

Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 

Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him. ” 

But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. 

I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. 

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 

I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. 

Arise,  Lord! Deliver me, my God! 

Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. 

From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.

Psalm 3:1-8 written by David  when he fled from his son, Absalom...

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

James 1:12

There are times, when we doubt, don’t believe....times of frustration, times of anger, times of suffering, times of “downcast”....

Why, my soul, are you downcast? 

Why so disturbed within me? 

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon —from Mount Mizar. 

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. 

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 42:5-8 

I have to comeback to that underlying, sustaining fact...that God is there...put doubt aside, walk by faith, believe, calm my soul, take a deep breath....listen for His voice...

Thank YOU....