Doubt Weakens Your Faith.
God cannot be tempted but when the Bible tells us that the Israelites tempted God, then you should understand that they did a grave thing. The same thing with the same passage that says they limited God. How can a limited man limit the unlimited God? It means God wants to do great things with them and for them but with their act of doubt, they didn't allow the full manifestation of God to unravel. This means that God is always willing but we determine what we get from God by our choices and actions.
The same can be said of Jesus when He didn't do so many miracles in His hometown due to unbelief. The question is never about if God can do it but more about if we are limiting that flow with our actions. The Israelites turned back, limited God and tempted God. They forgot God and didn't remember His mighty hands. The Bible made us understand that we need not forget all His benefits and when we forget that's when doubts sets in but if we can understand that it was God that did something similar for us before now, it's easier to trust Him again and not allow doubts to set in.
When we forget the good things God has done it means we are settling for small thinking and that's how negative talking creeps in too. You can't think big by motivation and you can't think big if you live in constant forgetfulness of the small things that God has done for you. You need to look back and thank God for the series of small things that God has done for you.
The answer to your challenge would come from your past victories; only if you remember. When you remember how God helped you before then it's easier to trust Him again. He doesn't have to do it the way he last did it but you can be sure He will come true. When you forget God you start to do things by yourself and on your own. Doubts would always make attention about you - making you think you are the one that has always been making things happen on your own. You will want to do things with more force which would lead to more frustration.
When you forget the things God has done, doubts set in. Doubt is a function of our forgetfulness. Reflect, think back and open the books to remember all the things that God has done for you. Doubting God and even yourself is also a function of how well you have forgotten God and even your achievements. So many people even doubt the abilities which God has given them. They are supposed to leverage that ability and trust God to make use of it for the greater good. It doesn't matter what you are going through right now or what you are trusting God for, it's nothing compared to what He has done to bring you this far.
Effects of doubts on our mind:
1. Fear.
Doubts multiply fear and take your attention away from God and make you start thinking about yourself. It makes your fears grow because you are focusing on the problem rather than on God that can make the problem go away. Don't tell God how big your troubles are but tell your problems how big your God is.
2. Pride.
Doubt is a form of pride because it makes you tell God you can do it on your own and by your strength. You will be at the center of your belief which shouldn't be. God should be at the center of everything.
3. Weak Faith.
Doubts produce weak faith and weak faith produces poor judgement. Spiritual progress can only be attained by a strong belief. When you remember the story of Thomas and how he doubted, he was focusing on himself because he said until "I" touch this, feel that... He would never believe it. His action took the focus away from Jesus to self.
The only reason you can doubt is because that thing is real. The devil cannot take from you what you don't doubt. God can take you through whatever you are trusting Him for. The biggest challenge for Christian is faith. You can believe in God for many things. Your life is defined by your faith in God.
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Doubts makes our faith and mind in chsos its just making us weak and loose our trust, that's why we doesn't need to measure the trust we put on the almight one. We just need to fully trust him, gibe our faith to hik, we don't need to doubt because he knows what's will be the best for us and he will guide us to take the best path.