Are you allowed to doubt God?  That is an interesting question.  I have an interesting answer.  The answer is, "No".  You can’t doubt God, and "Yes", you can doubt God.

How is that possible?  I'm glad that you asked.

Of course, God prefers that you don’t doubt Him.  He would love for you to just take Him at His word.  However, He knows that you won’t.  God always has your best interests in mind, but you often, and many times openly, wonder if that is true.

The verse starts out with, "And we know".  Do we?  Do you?  This verse takes a lot of faith most of the time.  It can also make you doubt, because it seems as if things don’t always work out for your good.

God wishes that you would not doubt, but He knows you will.  He gives great grace.  He also has a lot of patience with you and everyone.  He allows you to question Him.

Then the devil goes to work and plays with your mind.  You either feel bad for doubting God or you go to the other extreme and get mad at God and assume things that have not happened yet. 

In both instances, you are then eventually ashamed and don’t know what to do, and this is where many give up on Jesus.  Jesus never gives up on you.  You give up on Him.  Jesus does not want you to do that.

Romans 8:1 is a great verse.  "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit."

Jesus has no intention of condemning you for not trusting in Him.  He wants to take you in His arms and then show you.  He wants to take time with you.

What you have to realize is, you will doubt, and God is not "OK" with it.  However, He understands that you will doubt Him, and He has decided to look past your doubt and help you anyway with His love and mercy.

When you have doubts, what you have to do is go to God with them.  Practice Matthew 18 with God. Don’t go to other people first, go directly to God, and see what happens.  When we don’t practice Matthew 18 with the Lord, what do you think will happen?  God says that no one knows His mind.  So, why are you asking others what the Lord wants for you.  Go to Him and see what happens.

God wants to answer your doubts and your questions.  When you allow others to speak into your life about your doubts, it muddies the waters.  You then go to God with the answer you want, instead of waiting to hear THE answer you need that He has for you.

God has no desire to confuse you or harm you, yet things will arise, and it will look like God is doing just that.  You can wonder where God is in a particular situation of your life.  You can even wonder why it is happening.  Just take the time to go to Him and let Him explain it to you and allow peace to return to your life. 

Will you doubt God at some point in life?  Yes, you will.  You will probably do it more than once.  Does God want you to do that?  No, but does God put up with that?  Yes.  He not only does so, but He is also there to respond personally and specifically to you.