the church of Christ
Romans16:16 "Greet one another with a holy kiss.  All the churches of Christ send greetings."

Bible Correspondence | Bible All Versions | Bible NIV | Christian Anthem  | churches of Christ | Dictionary |  Email Us |  Home | Thesaurus

People doubt each other all the time … in other words they don’t trust what they see or who people are or who people say they are. Probably one of the worst "doubting’s" is when a person shows no faith or trust in a person’s ability to accomplish what they say they can do which means that doubter doubts this person’s "decision making" ability.

What is really amazing is that the doubter fully believes that they are obligated to express their doubt. In fact they treat it as though it were their GOD given right if you will.

NOW what is the saddest part of all is many, many people let this "doubting" of an outside influence affect their faith in themselves or they let it anger them to the point of being provoked into saying or doing something stupid. The typical response is a boast that actually has no hope of being accomplished. This boast then becomes a literal self-inflicted challenge and because it was stated aloud it must be attempted.

Either way they become derailed from what they "were actually wanting" to accomplish.

Well, let me say this: In most cases there is a single solitary response that should be imposed by the doubtee onto the doubter(s). And it goes as follows:

"Your doubting me is not my weakness … it is yours!"

Now I want to state very clearly that there is a difference between expressing doubt and having facts on hand that prove that what you want to do is not feasible. i.e. We can’t fly with out some sort of equipment to assist us. The point is that this is not doubt this is a scientific fact.

Many things are not as obvious as this example so we must be mature enough and humble enough to know the difference between a weak hearted doubter and a factual based concern.

BUT, in reality the weak hearted doubter needs to learn that it is not a GOD given right to express your "weak hearted doubts". So they (the doubters) need to learn to discern between fact based concern and just their lack of faith.

I back this up with what I believe to be the obvious proof listed here next.

The first century people as an overall doubted JESUS when HE said who HE was. They did not believe. This was not JESUS’ weakness but it was the self indulgent, I want to be GOD, I want to be king. I m not going to bow to anyone, typical humanistic response.

The reality is that the only reason a person or persons will not accept JESUS and GOD is because they, as individuals, want to be more than what they are. As a result they are jealous of anyone, particularly of someone who appears to be a peer, who says that they are above them or are working to be in a position in life that the listener perceives to be higher than the listeners station in life.

Almost "EVERY" doubt is based on this selfish attitude. It’s an attitude that literally says, "I don’t want you to be better than me. I don’t want you to have more than me. In fact, I am so jealous of your claims and the possibility that they represent, I will not stand for it!"

Of course they will express their "doubt" as a concern and or just laugh it off as something stupid.

Pretty deceitful isn’t it?

The truth is … if you make it … you will make them feel as a failure … again this is their weakness not yours.

Now they can no longer control you or have an effect on you for you have climbed the ladder to a higher point in life. Let me tell you the sad part … they will do everything they can to either have you "give them" the hand up to were you are or to bring you back down.

Identify the doubters in your life and build a wall around you that they cannot penetrate – even to the point of completely shunning them if necessary!

Your responsibility is to GOD and the talents HE gave you to use!

You are not obligated, by any stretch of the imagination, to substantiate the non-believing doubters life. In reality, if you give in to their "doubts" and nay saying Y-O-U ARE WORSHIPPING them and or serving them. AND if you are Worshipping and or serving them …you are sinning!!! They are sinning the instant that they express their doubt and interfere with GOD’s plan for you. It is the "stumbling block" sin. By the way, parents can be at the top of the list of this doubting scenario. So are siblings and spouses. And one the biggest contributors to the non-believing doubters world is your peers.

Please know that the closer of a peer they are the more dangerous they are. The more credibility they have the more dangerous they are. Your church peers can be one of the greatest negative influences on you. AND if it is your church going GOD loving parents that are doubting you, they typically can have the absolute greatest negative affect on your life.

People, even parents, cannot understand that your desires may actually be driven by a sub-conscious need to fulfill the usage of talent that GOD has given you. You must realize that just because a person is close to you does not mean that they even understand your talent … let alone know what you are to do with it.

So, no matter what, when GOD gives us a talent to utilize it is our responsibility to use any and all of these talents .. even to the point of removing any and all obstacles by staying away from them.

For HE gave them to us to glorify HIM. And no one and I mean no one, not even ourselves, has the right to stop any glory to GOD from being fulfilled and or displayed!

NO ONE!

©Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 All Rights Reserved the Church of Christ.com