Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. James 1:8
My oldest and I were traveling down the road the other day when we got behind a truck pulling a trailer without any sides on it. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, so I had to ask my son if the items were tied down. No they weren’t! This became a great source of entertainment for us. First, let me say this was on a major road that doesn’t have a low speed limit. Next, let me tell you that I think there was already one mishap because the vehicle was pulled over before it got back on the road ahead of us. Finally, we are talking about a windy, hilly road.
I was keeping my distance just in case we had to make a quick stop…definite possibility by the looks of things. We are talking wobbly! So here is a trailer with no sides hauling a table, chairs, and other pieces of furniture without anything tying them down. I’m not saying this was the smartest thing you should do or even the safest because it wasn’t.
It was as if we were at a sporting event rooting on our favorite team. We wanted him to make it, but the odds didn’t look good. Every time he hit a bump and the furniture popped up into the air without falling off, we cheered! When he turned off the road and it looked like everything just might go tumbling, he had us hooked…we were oohing, gasping, and finally cheering again. We laughed so hard after that! Apparently we are easily amused.
How many times do we need to be reminded that life is much smoother and a whole lot less wobbly when we are focused on God’s route? A double-minded man is bouncing around in two directions just like that furniture was because it wasn’t tied down. It needed a good rope or tie-down straps, we need God’s path!
There is a time when we are going to have to choose between God and the world. We can’t always bounce back and forth, or else we are going to completely fall off while suffering breaks. When you are this way in the Christian approach there is no peace, only compromise. Through His grace, we can get steady and not be wobbly by getting back to a single-minded approach to God.
Today, don’t keep everybody gasping, waiting to see if you’re going to fall. The excuse that everyone else does it isn’t an excuse at all. Remember that His way is the only way!
