Starve Your Doubts

April 29, 2008

By Gary Rogers

Satan constantly attacks us with doubt and unbelief. The enemy of our faith does everything in his power to compromise our trust in the Lord.

When we face the death of a loved one we may sense the tempter telling us God doesn’t hear our prayers for healing. A financial need brings up the satanic argument that God is not able to change our life circumstances. Our seasons of loneliness set that inner diabolical refrain of, “God is nowhere to be found. You’re all alone with no hope of His presence visiting you.” Grief from the loss of something treasured has a message from hell trying to convince us God doesn’t care and He has no compassion for our feelings.

I love the saying, “Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death.” It is true. What you feed will grow and what you starve will die. In Scripture we find the prescription for overcoming a faith deficiency. Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ” (NIV).

The more you read, meditate and feed on God’s Word and the teachings of Jesus Christ, the more faith you will have. On the other hand, your faith cannot survive without a regular diet of God’s Word. If the only influence you allow to come into your heart is the faith-destroying persuasion of your spiritual enemy, then you can expect to have anemic faith from malnutrition. To be strong and healthy and combat doubt and unbelief you must have a steady diet of God’s Word. Through the daily essential vitamin and mineral enriched intake of God’s Word the poison toxins of doubt and unbelief are destroyed.

Take care of your spiritual health. You will only be as strong and healthy spiritually as you are willing to do what is necessary to grow in Christ. Remember, “Feed your faith, and your doubts will starve to death.”

— Gary Rogers is senior pastor of First Assembly of God in Coweta, Okla.