I’ve seen the vision and witnessed the provision and faithfulness of God, yet I still doubt.

How is it possible to still have doubt?

Unfortunately, I believe this is the nature of man. Why do we continue to go to church week after week? Yes, obedience is part of it, but another part is that it is so easy to forget. If truth could be placed efficiently in our minds, life would be easy, but it can’t be. Truth has to be beaten, molded, and shaped in us until it’s no longer possible to get it out.

Israel, God’s chosen ones, witnessed more of His great power than any of us ever will and still doubted. So, how can we manage not to doubt? Our task is just as great today, our enemy is just as strong, and, truthfully, we are just as capable of doubting.

So what hope is there for us?

I think Israel never realized that their doubt was not the end. There will be doubt. People are evidence-based, and we expect to see to believe. We will inevitably doubt ourselves, our pastors, our friends, our families, our circumstances, and, eventually, even God, but this doubt is not the end. It’s part of the life we choose. The walk of faith is a life that believes what it cannot see. It’s a life that has to learn to see in ourselves, in others, and in this world what God sees and then act on it. It’s rare, and it’s difficult. How many Israelites went back to Jerusalem with Nehemiah? One percent, I think? Only one percent said doubt would not be their end. Of course there will be doubt, but doubt will not be my end.