Unstable

Post date: Nov 6, 2010 1:06:35 PM

"A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” (James 1:8).

A double minded man is one who can’t make up his mind what he wants to do. One moment he wants one thing, and the next moment something else. The context in James indicates that the double-minded man doesn’t pray effectively because he wavers right in the middle of his prayer! This man is unsettled and disorderly in all that he does. He will never get anything significant done in the cause of the Lord.

The unstable man is like the Israelites of whom Elijah said, “How long halt ye between two opinions?” (1 Kings 18:21). The word “halt” carries the thought of "to limp.” The Israelites were just limping along like a nation of cripples, because they couldn’t make up their minds whether or not to serve God.

Don’t go limping along. Satan is the author of this attitude. Be single-minded. Put God first today and every day of your life.