On Doubt as the Expression of Counter Faith

I have often said that the enemy’s goal is not to get you to sin, but to get you to doubt. It is not sin that stops us, it is doubt. Faith can bring remedy for our sin. But doubt can completely undo us. I would like to take the observation further: in many cases doubt is simply an expression of counter faith. It is not so much the absence of belief as it is the expression of belief to the contrary. The more I reflect on the nature of doubt, the more I realize that faith is effectual in either direction. Beneath all of our personal issues lies a false belief. We need to recognize our doubt, but we need to go deeper to discern what is powering the doubt. We all have faith. It is only a question of the whom or what we are placing our faith in…