Doubt and fear
4 October 2009

Doubt and fear are the opposite of faith and courage. Whilst Good uses the voice of faith to encourage us, evil uses the voice of doubt to put us down. Whom should we follow? Whom should we serve? What decision should we make?

There’s only one way out of the fierce battle between these two voices: it’s to doubt the doubts!

To doubt doubts is to doubt the force of evil. When evil says: “Be careful”, “It might not work as you expect”, “It didn’t work for so and so”, our immediate response must be: “If God is with me, I want to see it with my own eyes that He is with me.” And then go ahead without fear.

This battle against doubt is fought inside of us, and that’s exactly where victory begins as well.

This is to fight the good fight of faith in order to take possession not only of a good life but above all, of eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12).

To believe in God is much more than to believe in His existence. It is to believe that He will do what He promised to do.

Bishop Macedo