Doubt Is Like A Hungry Lion - a podcast by Ben

Doubt is like a hungry lion… 

Weird statement hey?

But let me explain…

If you haven’t yet heard the story of Daniel in the lion's den...

Then please go read about that guy's story after this post!

It's crazy!

But as a quick summary...

Daniel was a very righteous man who served a very powerful king… 

There were some bad people who also worked for the king and really didn’t like how faithful Daniel was towards his God and so they tricked the king into making a law that pretty much was directly made against Daniel so that he would break it and be punished…

The penalty of that law was to be thrown into a lion's den!

Pretty crazy, hey?

Could you imagine breaking a law and instead of going to jail, you're literally fed to lions?

Anyways, Daniel is then thrown into this lion's den for the night and these lions are seriously hungry…

It seemed almost inevitable that he would get eaten…

But then something crazy happened, God literally sent an angel and shut the mouths of the lions! (Daniel 6:22)

Absolutely incredible!

But what does this have to do with doubt?

Doubt is just like those hungry lions that were ready to eat Daniel…

They were just sitting in there den, starved, angry, ready to demolish anything that came near them…

Just like a hungry lion, doubt is always ready to strike at any time.

Doubt is waiting to tear you down and stop you in your path.

Doubt doesn’t care what you are trying to do and who you are.

But do you know what's more powerful than any hungry lion or doubt in your life?

That's our Heavenly Father.

Daniel knew this truth and had such amazing faith that even when he was cast into the lion's den, God came and shut the lion's mouth because he was taking care of one of his children - Daniel…

God will do the same for us in our lives too!

When we have that doubt that's right in front of us, ready to strike...

We don’t have to fear because we have a powerful God who will carry us through!

When we have faith and do our best to honour God in all that we do, he will shut the voice of doubt!

He will give you the strength to push through the night!

To push through your circumstance, and enter into the victory that we have already been given through Jesus!

So...

When you're on this journey of starting your succesful lifestyle, don’t let doubt scare you or stop you…

Instead...

Push through, rely on your faith to see past the doubt, to see past the circumstance and instead focus on the amazing outcomes that are sure to come!

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” - John 10:10

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