Our Real Doubts

Too often, we don't doubt that God means what He says or that He is in control, what we doubt is whether we want Him to be. We doubt if the cost of discipleship is worth it, if being refined like gold is worth the trial by fire. What does doubt cost us? We lose God's peace, confidence in prayer, the fullness of His joy. Oh, we don't escape the trials. We just wander through the spiritual wilderness always on the edge of Christian victory and the rest it affords in the worst of trials.