There are certain things that as humans we can not avoid and one of it are doubts and anxieties. Sometimes it happens to us and is it actually part of life. It has happened to me several times in my life.
Sometimes it will come quietly and sometimes it will come like a mighty storm. Of course there are even times it has come strongly that I began to question my faith, question my belief and even question my future.
But the more I reflect on my life deeply, I begin to see and realise that there is actually a need to overcome these feelings not because I am strong but because I am trusting God more and more.
The Bible reminds me in Philippians 4:6-7 that I should “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication… let your requests be made known unto God.
And this is what I do whenever I am anxious and begin to doubt about some certain things God has said regarding my life. I speak the scripture to my heart directly. Instead of holding onto my worries as that will not change anything, I hold onto God word and make sure I pray and pray about it.
Most of the time, prayer becomes my safe place. Whenever I release my fear, my Anxiety or whatever in the place of prayer, I begin to feel peace deep within me returning.
There are seasons in my life that doubt have tried to silence my faith. In those times, I remember Proverbs 3:5-6, which says I should “trust in the Lord with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding.
Of course I may not really understand what is presently happening to me but I keep trusting on God and making sure that he understands best what I am passing through. This always give some the strength to always keep going irrespective of what happens.