Have you ever been in a situation where you have been praying about certain circumstances and your faith levels are high; however, when you don’t see the manifestation of that situation, you start to doubt?
Then you hear a word or read a passage of scripture and miraculously your faith levels are high again; however, you’re still waiting for the manifestation and now you’re starting to doubt again?
I have done this on many occasions. I call this yo-yo faith, because one minute my faith was high and the next it was low.
But when it came to other people, my faith for their situation was rock solid. I affirmed with them that God would do something unexpected.
It’s ironic that our faith can be rock solid for other people, but when it comes to ourselves we tend to waver.
Though we read in the scriptures, “Behold I am the God of all flesh is there anything too difficult for me?”, we still tend to doubt.
This is because most of the time we want things to happen quickly. We live in a society where patience no longer has its place. We can get information quickly from the Internet now; we no longer have to wait for things much.
This can make us forget that with God, things don’t work as quickly as we would like. We must be grateful for this, because sometimes when we think we are ready for something, deep down we are actually not.
The main reason why I had yo-yo faith was because my patience wasn’t great. In fact, patience was one of the hardest characteristics that I have had to experience.
Before I became a Christian, I was used to getting what I wanted quickly, mainly because I was doing things in my own strength.
Now I had this new life of surrendering all to God, waiting on situations. This was tough until I came across this scripture: “But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord” (James 1:6).
I am someone who, once I make a decision, will stick with it and complete it to the end. But my yo-yo faith was making me double-minded.
I made a decision that I was going to believe God for my situations, and then carry on with what I am doing. I found the less I worried and have solid faith, the more peace I had, and God always came through for me.
I do understand that you must take action with your faith. If you’re looking for a job, it won’t just fall onto your lap. You have to do your part.
But while you are waiting, don’t allow doubt to enter; put it under your feet. You know in whom you have put your trust: our God who created the Heavens, and earth. Our God is omnipresent. He is powerful and almighty.
Just let your faith rise, let your faith be solid and let all your doubts be shattered. In Jesus’ name.
Vanessa Grossett is a writer and literary agent.
