Is it Really Doubt?

“Though we may yearn for a handbook to navigate life, discernment requires figuring it out in real time. The act of discerning is less like solving a math equation and more like wrestling a crocodile.” — Jonathan Merritt

A word of caution today.

Don’t confuse doubt with unbelief.

To doubt is to waver between believe and unbelief. At it’s best, doubt is a decision to suspend judgement until more information is available and that is often a wise thing to do.

The caution I offer today is don’t be one of those who are living in unbelief and think (pretend) they are still only doubting.

Doubting requires searching.

Doubting means you’re planning on making a decision but are not quite ready.

And that’s okay.

What’s not okay is to pretend that you’re still searching when for all practical purposes you’re like the guy who calls himself an agnostic when in reality he long ago stopped looking for God and is really an atheist.

It’s not necessary for you to land on one position or the other about everything. Suspending judgement forever is probably okay on whether or not there are little green men who live on Mars or whether George Washington was the United State’s greatest president.

But there are a few things that are so important that to fail to decide is actually to forfeit your chance to decide and the decision is taken from you and you are held hostage to forces and people who may not have your best interest at heart.

The ONE THING for today: There’s an unimageable chasm between late and too late. What decision do you need to make today? There is amazing clarity, serenity, and energy that comes with simply making up one’s mind.

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

James 1:8 (KJV)