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1 | What does it mean to be double minded? | James | Kahari | 86873 | ||
What does it mean to be double minded? | ||||||
2 | What does it mean to be double minded? | James | Hatshepsut | 86874 | ||
James, chapter one, says that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. He/she can't make up his/her mind about anything. Instead they vascillate either because they are unsure, lacking in faith, lacking in self esteem, don't have all the facts, or abounding in fear. Double minded means to be of two minds. It's like a two headed creature with one body and both the heads trying to go a different way. God wants that man or woman to make up his/her mind. How can we petition the father for something if we don't know what we want? It's the same when choosing career paths or life paths. We have to make a choice. I was faced with a difficult choice at one point in my life. I vascillated for two years and for two years I remained confused. I was of two minds. My thoughts were continually juxtaposed. (This kind of thinking, in its extreme form, can shattered a person' psyche.) When I made a firm choice, I received immediate clarity and a way was made for me to do what I decided to do. That's how the simple verse, "ask and ye shall receive" works. A person who is double minded, for one reason or another, cannot make up his or her mind and is unstable and confused about many things. But there is hope for that person. That hope is wisdom from God. James chapter one says that God gives it liberally (freely, in abundance) to all those who ask. Proverbs has always been one of my favorite books because it is the book of wisdom. When I get confused, that's where I go to first. It helps me to stabilze my mind. God can't do much of anything for us until we make up our minds. |
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