James 1:6-8 (NKJV) 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
A double-minded man is someone that has faith sometimes and then others times has no faith at all.
A double-minded man is drawn in two opposite directions, thinking sometimes God will help him and other times He won’t, leaving this type of man to feel lonely and hopeless at times in his life.
Double minded people want to be able to see things and figure things out on their own. They only have faith when it makes sense to their heads. So when they can’t figure it out, they think it’s over and they are done. That’s not true faith.
Such a person is unstable in all his ways, not only in his prayer life, but in every part of his walk. His lack of consistency in faith will cause him to be confused and not know what steps to take at times.
How do we get past this? How do we become a sound-minded man?
We take all that we know, all that we learned over the years and throughout our lives, and we surrender it to God. We give Him a place in us to help take what we have learned and show us exactly the correct way of looking at it all, bringing balance, correction and instruction.
James 4:10 (NKJV) 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
There is pride working in a double-minded man. They have not fully surrendered it all to God.
You see, we think that God only wants to help us when we are in trouble. We think that He is only there for us for big problems or things we can’t control on our own.
But in reality, God is here for us every minute and every second of our lives.
We have to learn to share our life with Him. Let Him stop us in our tracks if we need it and show us something DIFFERENT, something NEW. Something we didn’t think of or already know.
Stay steady in the faith, always looking to God for His answer, even if we think we’ve got this one.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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