If you are going to doubt anything, doubt your doubts!

Doubts – they’re the worst, am I right?

Why do we tell ourselves that we CAN’T do something –  it WON’T happen – we DON’T know – we AREN’T capable – someone is better/smarter/more XYZ?

I feel like I’m a pretty capable person, and yet, I always fall into the habit of believing the worst is going to happen…not the best. 

We give so much power to the negative thoughts. Why?

Thoughts are power! 

Can we agree we should give power to the positive things, not the negative?

The reason why I like this “doubt your doubts” concept is because it allows me a different way of thinking about things and gives me hope that my fears, my worries, my concerns – they might all be wrong!

Im tired of giving power to my negative thoughts – those thoughts that hover over my mind, my body, my heart, and my soul. Because what if I’m wrong? What if you’re wrong? What if our doubts are wrong?

God did not give us the spirit of timidity. No, in fact He instructs us time and time again in his word that we are more than conquerors. We have the spirit of Christ in us, and because of that, we have all the strength that we would ever need to overcome any situation.

When I started asking myself, “What if my doubts and fears are wrong”.. I can’t tell you what kind of a shift in my mental health it was! Because I was just full of anxiety from head to toe! I had every doubt and fear imaginable, and here’s the thing,  nothing I ever doubted or feared about ever happened! I was giving my doubts and my fears so much control over my life – and yet, they did nothing for me! My doubts didn’t prevent bad things from happening; they never did anything good for me – so why did I give them so much power?  

Because somehow, at some point, I started believing that the bad stuff was more plausible than the good stuff. That I was more incapable than capable. God was more distant and uncaring than present and everknowing!

And the exact opposite is actually the truth.

So my doubts are wrong and Im tired of giving them any credit or power over me! 

What about you?!

We cannot expect to have the best relationship possible in our God if we’re living our lives doubting that we’re meant for more. We are children of God, AMEN, therefore, we are perfect just as we are!

We are meant to be right here, right now – in this job, dealing with this pain, suffering this loss, lacking this thing, owing this much, struggling with this burden. 

Don’t doubt your circumstances.

Don’t doubt your setbacks

Don’t doubt your God

Doub’t your doubts!

Do not question, for one second, that you are not exactly where you are supposed to be and dealing with exactly what he has planned for you. Own it! Dont doubt it!

My prayer for you today is that you acknowledge that your doubts and fears just might be wrong! That when those nasty feelings start to take hold and grow stronger in your mind, you stop! Stop and ask for help rejecting these negative thoughts. Ask God to give you peace about the situation and remove the stranglehold this line of thinking has over you. 

Doubt your doubts, but never doubt your God!

XO

Tay