Second Guessing

I think that Philippians 2:14 in The Message version raises an interesting point:

14 Do everything readily and cheerfully - no bickering, no second-guessing allowed!
Philippians 2:14 MSG

What often causes a person to complain about what they are doing is the fact that there seems to be hardly any conviction and motivation with which to perform a particular activity.

This lack of conviction and motivation can lead to them being unsure as to whether or not they should actually do that thing. The inner dialogue we can tend to have during such times is in regards to trying to work out whether we are doing the right thing, or of we should be doing something else.

Activities that are not motivated out of love tend to lack wisdom. It would do a person no good to have wisdom without having the conviction and motivation with which to act upon it. This results in people making poor decisions.

Basically, a lack of conviction, motivation and endurance can lead to second-guessing. Second guessing is another term for logical reasoning. According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary the verb second-guess means: anticipate or predict by guesswork.