Prayer - Double-Mindedness, Away!

 

"Do you want the blue one or the yellow one?"

"Um, the blue one to match my eyes.  Oh, but the yellow one is so fresh and spring like and cheery."

"Soooo, which one?"

"Hmm.  Blue or yellow?  Blue.  No, yellow..."

…and...the double-mindedness goes on.

Choosing a blue or yellow dress or blouse is not very life-threatening or stressful yet in more important issues, double-mindedness is mostly seen as negative action.

The psalmist of Psalm 119 (vs 113) says he "hates" (yes, a strong word) double-minded people.  Yes, we do get frustrated with them.  Not sure what the psalmist's issue was with them exactly but they must of galled him enough to say, "hate" them.  His antidote, however, was to love God's law.  He made the LORD his refuge, shield, and hope in God's word.

Father God, in our exasperations of life with other people, and in this case, double-minded ones who become "unstable in all their ways" (James 1:8), may we find our stabilizing anchor and hope in You, Your word and Your protection.  May we habitually turn to Your Word for the guidance and wisdom we need to navigate our lives.

Maybe evil doers were tempting the psalmist, attempting to pull him into their circle of nefarious deeds, yet his conscience and fear of You pulled him back to the right path as recorded, and according to Your Words, laws, commands, precepts; back and forth, the decision tottered and somersaulted, like being tossed upon the stormy sea waves (James 1:5-8).  Father God, we often do this too.

Thank-You, Abba Father, Your words, when we trust in them and You, tip the scale to You and Your protection.  Indeed, "keep those evil doers away" from us and our loved ones.  Protect our hearts and minds against them so we will think and act aright.

Father, Your word says You will never leave nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6), and in so doing, with You by our side, we can be sustained by this promise and be kept in the right path via right thinking and understanding of Your love, care, promises, and Your words.  Bring them always to mind to uphold us, to be steady in our choices and decisions; thus be delivered from double-mindedness ourselves.

Like a chain reaction of events, then, Father, may Your sustaining power, Your deliverance, Your keeping of promises, Your very presence in our lives dispel any delusions we may have, or that may have been planted by evil doers to rush off this way or chase after that, and in so doing give us Your mind, and the mind of our Savior Jesus Christ.  

Discard the dross.  

Cause us to love You and Your words with our whole being.  Cause us to cling to Your Word and may double-mindedness be cast away.  May we tremble in reverence and fear and stand in awe of Your laws and how they exponentially buoy and buffer our lives, keeping us on a steady course of life that pleases and honors You, drawing us ever closer to You!

You never fail and You never change Your mind.  You have loved us from eternity past till now, and always will.  

In Jesus Name we, Your children, ask, praise and pray.

                                                  ~ERC  August 2020~

Based on Psalm 119:113-120 (Samekh).

Sing, Show Me Your Ways along with Darlene Zschech of Hillsongs