...I never realized God wasn't big enough to handle doubt in those who follow him...
sad to say, the traditional churches of our day are not always teaching what the Bible says. i certainly understand why you might think this about God, because the traditional churches for the most part are not teaching the system of authority that God has established in the earth with people in flesh bodies - understanding God's system of delegated authority is key to connecting to His miracle-working power.
Gen 1:26 KJV
(26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
let them <people in flesh bodies> have dominion ... over all the earth
God is certainly 'sovereign' in the 'dictionary' definition of that word in that no one has authority over Him; but this does not mean that God can do anything He wants in the earth - it means the opposite...
in the U.S, the federal government is 'sovereign' in that no other government rules over the U.S. federal government; however the
federal government has delegated authority over some areas to the states, and by
federal law, cannot intervene in these areas (albeit the federal government's 'word' is changeable, whereas God's word is not changeable)
Psa 115:16 KJV
(16) The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but
the earth hath he given to the children of men.
God delegated unrestricted authority over the earth to people in flesh bodies - and He will not change His word, even to prevent those people He created from destroying themselves -
all the bad things that happen in the earth are due to the fact that people in flesh bodies have unrestricted dominion (authority) in the earth, and often use that authority for evil instead of good.
Mat 12:33-37 KJV
(33) Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
(34) O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
(35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
(36) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
(37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
God created the universe
by speaking words in faith; we, having been made in His image, and having been delegated unrestricted authority in the earth by Him, connect to His power in the same way -
by speaking HIS words in faith. it's not simply God's words that cause change in the earth today; it is
His words that
we speak in faith - not just anything we say, but those words we speak
in faith (that we believe in our hearts). if we speak His words in faith, we release His power in the earth to change the physical world; if we speak words that oppose His words, our words spoken in faith (which is to speak 'unbelief' from the heart) still have power because of the unrestricted authority He has given us over this earth as people in flesh bodies:
Psa 78:1-41 KJV
(1) Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears
to the words of my mouth.
(2) I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
(3) Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
(4) We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
(5) For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
(6) That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
(7) That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
(8) And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
(9) The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
(10) They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
(11) And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
(12) Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
(13) He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
(14) In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
(15) He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
(16) He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
(17) And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
(18) And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
(19) Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
(20) Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
(21) Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
(22) Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
(23) Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
(24) And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
(25) Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
(26) He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
(27) He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
(28) And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
(29) So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
(30) They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
(31) The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
(32) For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
(33) Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
(34) When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
(35) And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
(36) Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
(37) For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
(38) But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
(39) For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
(40) How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
(41) Yea,
they turned back and tempted God, and
limited the Holy One of Israel.
they ... limited the Holy One of Israel
the children of israel spoke doubt in heart-belief about God's promise to lead them into the promised land, and this
limited God's ability to accomplish this for them - this doesn't mean that they had more power than God, but that He would not reverse Himself and override the unrestricted authority that He delegated to them over the earth as people in flesh bodies.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.-
when Adam chose to believe the devil in the garden, he yielded this unrestricted authority in the earth to the devil, leaving God with two choices - He could reverse Himself and take back that authority (which would cause all that He created to be destroyed, including man), or He could take on a flesh body and become eligible to exercise man's delegated authority in the earth. however, He could not do this without the cooperation of people in flesh bodies - this is why He inspired the OT prophets to
speak in faith that a man would be born of a virgin, fathered by the Spirit of God; and this man would be called 'Emanuel' - 'GOD with us'.
now this doesn't mean that you can override your wife's (or anyone else's) delegated authority in the earth as released through her own mouth - your delegated authority is restricted to your own life
in this area (which is to say that your words can restricted what the devil tries to do in EVERYONE'S life, but not whether they decide to listen to that liar anyway) - but it does mean that the words you speak in heart-belief can either release the power of God in
your life to produce the miracles you seek (that are in line with His will as revealed by His written word), or release the power of God to produce the bad things that you speak in fear (such as: "I might as well sign the papers now") - 'by your words
YOU will be justified, and by your words
YOU will be condemned' - what it does mean is that if you believe that God can intervene in this situation, then you must realize that His intervention will be through YOUR words that you speak in
faith in His words.
consider that when Jesus died on the cross, He 'paid' the total price to 'buy' you back from the devil's hold over your authority in the earth that you yielded to him when you first decided to not believe God about something (when you first 'sinned'); and when you received spiritual rebirth, God '
redeemed' you as His already 'paid-for' possession - He received you as His paid-for possession - so when you speak His words in faith, it is exactly the same as Him speaking them (because your mouth is now His mouth when you yield to Him to speak His
miraculous, reality changing words in faith - heart belief).
does this make sense so far?
