10,000 Reasons No Doubt!

By Josephine Lim

Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy
Luke 17
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

2 Corinthians 1
20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

John 20
27 Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.

How often we forget God’s goodness when trials come. Usually when doubts began to set in or I’m feeling anxious, I would listen to good anointed faith building sermons and remind myself of God’s promises in His Word and declare in agreement as I began to pray countering fear from its early stage instead of harbouring it further. The same energy we spent on worrying is best to spend on believing, trusting and praying of which will give us peace. Jesus said worrying will not add a single hour to our life (Matthew 6:27) but by standing in agreement with God’s word will not only bring you peace and joy but the miracles you desire in due course. God’s word is the firm foundation of which we stand and place our trust.

Lately the Lord showed me another way that could off-set our doubts of Him whenever we feel as if we are in the deepest pit and that is: FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS of Forgiveness, Healing, Redemption, His Love and Compassion, Blessings and Strength to us (Psalm 103:1-5). When we have tried everything not to worry but still find ourselves impatient and questioning ourselves and doubting God, that’s the time the Lord want us to count our blessings and name them one by one. Make mention all the wonderful things the Lord has done for you from the biggest to the smallest that you could recall and you’ll find your doubts and worries diminishing. Let us NOT FORGET ALL HIS BENEFITS and the fear, anxiety and doubts in life will take flight.

Even in our relationship with one another, there can be conflict sometimes. I have learnt the best way to resolve conflict is not by proving how correct we are but first understand the circumstances of the other person and trying to relate ourselves with the person and humbly approach the situation. A few days ago, I was accused by a friend of doing something that I didn’t do. She wrote an angry email and sent to others as well. I wrote back to her humbly and thanked her for raising this issue so we could all be aware and not doing it again whether intentionally or not without pointing the finger to someone else.

When conflict arises, it’s best to tune our mind to be reminded of all the good things the person has done. It’s easier to fight back and follow our emotions but the best antidote to calm a conflict is not adding oil to fire but quench it with water and that is dousing it with remembrance of all the good of that person. It is not good to judge or impute someone based on “the spur of a moment” of which we all know eventually he/she would regret it anyway so no point of us allowing ourselves to get angry and prolong the conflict and resentment.

In our relationship with God and with one another, let us NOT FORGET ALL THE BENEFITS the Lord and others have done. There are 10,000 reasons (in fact millions reasons) to thank and praise the Lord for and that is, Faith (to God). So keep counting your blessings and name them one by one, you’ll find doubts and anxiety begin to dissipate.

Click on the links below for some uplifting Praise & Worship Songs:
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) with Matt Redman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtwIT8JjddM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E (with lyrics)
Yes and Amen (Hillsong)::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuaZjyQuCpE

Psalm 103

1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not ALL His benefits—
3 who Forgives ALL your sins
and Heals ALL your diseases,
4 who Redeems your Life from the pit
and Crowns you with LOVE and Compassion,
5 who Satisfies your desires with Good things
so that your youth is Renewed like the Eagle’s.