Second-Guessing God

As I was praying last night, I realized that I’m second-guessing God WAY too often. I’m hoping someone else will be honest and admit they do, too, so I don’t feel so alone on this. : ) The funny thing is, I have absolutely NO reason to second guess Him! If I look back on my life, He has done FAR above and beyond ANYTHING I could have asked for or imagined. But, the enemy prowls around like a roaring lion…looking for someone to devour…he never ceases; but neither does God’s love, mercy, and grace—He is constant, never changing, faithful in every way.

It’s in the midst of frustrations, disappointment, and all out failures that we should find ourselves running to God far more often than we do. I find myself continually asking God if I’m in His will….am I following His path for my life…and I’ve done this year after year, chapter after chapter of my life because, let’s face it, life is hard…very, very hard…and it’s easy to get off track. I mean it’s easy to think we’ve “missed something” when life isn’t going well—when things aren’t turning out like we thought they would. Let’s truthfully admit that sometimes it’s just easier to doubt than it is to believe. And when God does reveal His path and plan and it seems too difficult, we tend to second-guess Him.

I can imagine Noah must have had some questions. I mean, it wasn’t raining when God told him to build the ark …it took him A HUNDRED years to build it. A HUNDRED years of NO SIGN of rain…yet, continuing to trust God—A HUNDRED years of consistent faith. There are so many reasons that the world throws at us to give us good reason to doubt, but then there’s the Cross, and I am instantly humbled, as I’m constantly brought to my knees before God’s throne of grace, realizing, even in the face of uncertainties, that I’m continually overthinking, and I simply need to take the next step of faith. Walking by faith and not by sight. When you don’t have all the answers, when you can’t make sense of anything, just take the very next step of faith…and sometimes that is just a simple prayer, “God help me.”

So, know that you’re not alone and God doesn’t hold your doubt and disbelief against you, you are His child and He is forever loving and forgiving, He holds you and your life in the palm of His hands, and as He uses all things together for good, sometimes His ways of keeping us guessing is to draw us nearer to Him, teaching us to seek His Word to lead and guide us in our faith. The moments of second-guessing God are strengthening your faith, preparing you for the greater things that He has planned. Right where you are, in the middle of all the messes, God’s got you…there’s nothing to fear…just give God whatever faith you have…it’s enough.

“God’s call on all of us is to be a light to those who are in darkness, but sometimes He has to take us through our own darkness so we will learn to depend totally on His light.”

—Stormie Omartian “Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On”