Welcome to the InTouch podcast with Charles Stanley for Thursday, March 19th. When things don’t work out as we expect, we begin to wonder where God is. Today’s podcast addresses those nagging fears and looks at the consequences of doubting God in part two of When Our Faith Wavers. >> By faith, we’re saved.

By faith, we experience forgiveness for our sins. By faith, we have a personal relationship with God. By faith, our prayers are answered. By faith, we experience peace. By faith, we experience the power of the Holy Spirit in our life. And by faith, we face death fearlessly. And by faith, we have the assurance of our salvation.

And so therefore, when you and I come to him and we doubt him and we waver in our faith, we wonder oftenimes, why is it God doesn’t answer our prayer? Why is it we don’t receive the things we’re asking for? Could it be that instead of having faith, we have hope so and maybe so and I think so rather than I’m confident and sure that God is hearing and answering my prayer.

Now, there’s some things we need not waver about. There’s some things that are just absolutely dead certain. In Mark 11, listen to what he says. Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, watch this now. Here’s what he says. Believe that you have already received them, past tense, and it will be granted to you.

You say, “Well, now wait a minute. That must be a mistake.” No, it’s not a mistake. Listen. Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, he says, when you pray, believe that you have received them already. That’s the tense of the verb. You have already received them and what you believe is already yours will be granted to you. That is perfect faith.

The Bible talks about little faith, great faith. Jesus said, “Are you of little faith?” And he talks about great faith. And in James, he talks about the perfection of our faith. The perfection of our faith is that I can walk away believing that’s as good as done because God said it and I believe it and I have no no real basic reason for doubting that he’s going to do what he says.

Would you not agree that an omnisient God knows the exact perfect time to answer your prayer? Yes. >> Yes. He knows exactly the right time. So we have to be patient. Wait upon him to show us exactly what he wants to do. Now let’s think about the consequences of wavering faith. That is, what are the consequences? Number one, you waver in your faith, you make wrong decisions.