Wherefore didst thou doubt?
Peter, walking on the water, allowed his faith to be shaken when he took his eyes off the Savior and saw the waves beneath him. Faith focuses on the will of the Lord, and attributes power unto Him. Doubt is caused by losing focus, forgetting where the power comes from or doubting the will of the Lord as it is revealed to us. If we pay attention to the waves and the world around us, we may fear that the Lord's will has changed, or doubt His will, or worry what others will think if His will is not accomplished. These are seeds of doubt.
Faith is a gift to those who have prepared themselves to reject doubt and fear. Doubt and fear are thrust upon us by the adversary. It may be that we are confused when this happens and ask "why am I doubting this?" But we must realize that feelings of doubt aren't ours unless we choose to accept them. The source is not necessarily ourselves, it is from an external source. It is our choice whether to accept them as our own. We may have programmed our thought patterns to accept doubts, but we can re-program them to reject doubts. This re-wiring of our thought process is actually crucial to faith.
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