subject: Overcoming The Voice Of Doubt [print this page] Doubt is the first thing that the thief creates in our minds when he is preparing to rob us of our rightful inheritance. The voice of doubt is the predecessor to fear. Fear is the complete and full manifestation of the enemies plan to rob us. This is a subtil attack which we must learn to overcome. We see the prime tactic of the enemy in the first book of the Bible. When the serpent approached Eve in the garden the first words from his mouth were has God said. The woman knowing full well what had been said did not question the new voice but inclined her ears to hear it. Once she listened the enemy had the platform that he needed to rob her and the man of what had been given to them.
If we can block out doubt we can win the battle every time. Now I am not saying that you should take foolish risks. Please dont do that. You should learn how to take a calculated risk. You wont succeed if you are not willing to take some risks some of the time. What I am saying is that you need to recognize the voice of doubt when you hear it. Have you done all of your homework? Have you done your planning? Have you studied all of the angles? Do you know of others who have had success in this venture or similar ventures? If you can say yes to all of these questions there is absolutely no reason why you should doubt.
Think about it this way. Fear wont stop the bad things in life from happening to us. It will just serve to keep us in a miserable and dejected state of mind while we wait on the inevitable disaster. Why worry, even if Im going to die anyway. I cant work to correct the problem like I should if I waste my time worrying about it. The only way to avert disaster is to get moving and take action.
You must learn to recognize the voice of doubt immediately and squash it right away. Dont entertain it. When I was in the military a friend of mine gave me an excellent bit of advice. When it came to listening to excuses or hard luck stories he told me this, Dont even begin to listen because the next thing you know is you will find yourself believing the story. The same is true with doubt. Dont entertain it for one minute. Put it away from your mind. Learn how to control and deal with your fear.
Fear does serve a purpose. Fear causes us to not take unnecessary chances. Fear can sometimes be the voice of reason. The best way to control fear and doubt is to take the facts into account and make adjustments rather than let it paralyze you.
I had a fear of heights and even now it will creep in on me if I dont control it. When I was in Paratrooper school in the Army I went through probably the most frightening things in my life. During the second week of training some of us were dropped from a 250 foot tower. You would hang by risers and be lifted up to the top of the tower. You would hang there for a while and have to execute oral commands which were bellowed at you with a bullhorn. I focused my mind on executing the commands while I was hanging in the air. I found that focusing on the commands kept my mind at ease. Right before they release the cable and you float down to earth they let you hang there silently for a few seconds. It was then that the fear began to creep in. It was then that I had time to think about my predicament.
I would be fearful right before each jump but once I jumped there was no fear. The reason was that there were so many other things that I had to think about that fear had no room to creep in. Fear only came after I had safely landed and then it was too late.
Fear and doubt can only take the space that we allow them to have. Kick fear and doubt out of your thinking and don't let them continue to rob you of the joy of life. http://cedricrice-A.webcopycat.com
