Double-mindedness

James 1:5-8 -If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.
We don’t do not because we don t want to hurt, we don’t want to deal with the emotion, the drama, the baggage that comes with it. But it is really because it protects us from the madness and dealing with our own emotions, we don’t want to address. Yet, we wonder why am I still anger, fearful, hurt, or frustrated. We get life mixed up, thus we are double-minded, unsteady in our doing, and are carried away by the new trend or popular group. What is the formula? In Jay McGraw’s book for teens puts its well - BE-DO-HAVE - done, and done. This is stems from the fact, we have let our growth - educationally, intellectually, spiritually or economically  - create in us this mindset, an old adage from my childhood - we are so heavenly bound, we are no earthly good. Mark Twain puts it this way - I never let my schooling getting the way of my education. See there are teachers, lessons, and change agent information surrounding us. However, we shall not see it, or are able to grasp it because we are double-minded. We are unwilling to do the work that helps us to be, we are afraid to do what is needed, and we end up not having what we say, we seek. See the only constant in life, truly and without a doubt, is change.
Double-mindedness results because we are restricted by our limits and construct set by self and society; not of God but of man. Who are we serving; it is becoming clear why we are so full with doubts. I do believe; we can’t serve two masters. See God loves us enough to give us freewill, without ‘told you so’ haunting us; man, not so much…. We do the work of God, yes, but is it the will of God for us to do. Should we really be doing a different work, but we chose this work because it is a part of His will, but it is not the work He has assigned to our hands. How many times have you, me, or us as Christians done this very thing and then, wonder why do I walk away empty, lost, confused, still upset but do not stop going on this path because it is in the work of God, but it is not His will for us to do that work.  It is not the landscape that must change for us, it is us, so we can ‘see’. Otherwise, when we move to different a landscape, how we  see things will be the same no matter where we are, or situation we find ourself in; it is out of kilter for us because our mind is.
Double-mindedness is not an accident for us, it a choice; it always comes back to choices.  If we desire different results, we must take different actions. We can only take different actions when we truly have this infused in our souls, heart, and mind - all things work together for the good, even when we do not see it, understand, or feel it. God is working it out for our good; the good, the bad, the difficult, the easy, the embarrassment, just stand and be blessed by the one who never throws you away. Who loves you enough to let you have freewill to express yourself, and reconciles you to him with Love unconditional. It is incredibly difficult to do with a double-mind. Double-mindedness is the result of fear which was never supposed to stop us, only a way of telling us, we are going into the unknown, and faith and prayer are required for the trip for guidance.
Please don’t get it twisted, I do not have it all figured out but I am getting it right; one step at a time. So, can you. Its important, its wise, and its blesses…know the right thing to do, and doing it is difficult; but so was walking on the water but Peter did it because he didn’t walk alone….wink