implement a plan...

another step in our getting nursed back to spiritual health is to implement a course of treatment.

now that you’ve found the root cause of your doubt and you’ve sought wisdom from GOD and others in how to deal with it, figure out what course of treatment you’re going to follow to fight the virus of doubt. if it has obtained a foothold through your mind and you have questions, don’t just let them be vague questions that kind of swirl around in your mind, generalized objections. you’ll never get answers that way. sit down, take a piece of paper, write a list: “these are my specific questions that i have about CHRISTianity.”

if doubt has gained a foothold through your emotions, you don’t want to go through life with some sort of pain from your past which is an impediment to fully experiencing the joy and adventure of knowing JESUS fully. you might seek out some help from a pastor or a CHRISTian counselor or someone who could help you resolve these issues from your past. get them out of the way so you can enjoy more fully the presence of GOD and not be riddled with doubts and uncertainties.

if it’s a question of your will. where are you holding back from GOD? if you only give GOD ninety percent of your heart then you’ve got ten percent of your heart for the doubts to come in. that’s where they will reside and fester and grow. you’ve got a choice to make. you can continue to pursue your own agenda and then deal with the kind of doubts that that agenda eventually raises and unsettledness in your relationship with GOD. or you can say, “to fully know GOD is the greatest pleasure i could have and i want to abandon my ways and fully follow GOD’s way.” that is the door that opens up to a faith that is vibrant and rich and strong and full of adventure.

if you’re not sure whether you’ve made the willful choice to follow JESUS CHRIST then now just say in a prayer, “GOD, i want to know for sure. i want to receive JESUS CHRIST as the forgiver of my sins and the LEADER of my life. i want to know HIM now, starting now, forever in heaven.”

then put it behind you.

just a thought from the front porch…