"Dealing With Doubt" -2

"Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves." (Psalms 44:10) To be perfectly honest, any sin that we hide is wide open for God to see; we are only fooling ourselves if we think otherwise. So, what does sin that we have hidden in our hearts have to do with doubt? Think about this for a moment, because the connection between the two is far greater than we might think. If we believe in a God that knows all and can do all, yet we think that He does not care about or does not notice our sin, then how powerful and holy is God in our mind? If we are talking about prayer for protection, then wouldn't seem logical that God needs to be big enough and powerful enough to protect us, that is if we are praying with sincerity and truth? Much like the blood that was on the doorpost of the night of Passover, the blood was not seen by the ones who were saved, they were inside their houses breaking bread and eating; however, they knew that they were hidden and protected, having done everything that God instructed them to do; but it was the blood that saved them. Our number one thing which we need protection from is anything that would take us from being under the protection of the blood of Jesus Christ, if that were even possible; but the doubt of that protection is a major factor when it comes to the circle that is around us, which are those whom we are breaking bread with, while the world outside is being destroyed. You see, in Joshua 7, because of Achan's sin, God's power had been removed from the children of Israel, and no longer was He driving out the inhabitants of Canaan; which prior to Achan's sin, the inhabitants were pretty much just fleeing on their own because of the reputation of God's people. They had been working together with God, as Joshua and his men did the fighting, God guaranteed the victory; but what should have been a victory, turned into a painful defeat because God was not with them. What do you think that defeat led to?
"And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast Thou brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! O Lord, what shall we say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt Thou do unto Thy great name? And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?" (Joshua 7:6-10)