What’s Next God?

⁵If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But 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. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

When I read this passage a few things really jumped out at me. “⁶But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt,” This phrase puzzled me. What is he talking about, doubt what? Doubt my faith? Doubt God?

 Well, I posed this question to a friend of mine on the journey and thought I’d share his response….

  “Doubt that He is God, doubt that He is good and doubt that He can be trusted to give wisdom. Doubt that His answer will be the answer. Doubt that what He says will work. Doubt that it is worth it to ask.”   “I love the picture of being double-minded. I also picture it as a tug-of-war. I think I’ll trust Him and then in the next breath I think I can only trust me. “

This was an interesting response because the other part of this passage that bugs me is, ⁸he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.”

I’ve felt this way a lot in my life, where everything I touch seems to be teetering on the edge of collapsing. It’s one thing to believe that what God gives in wisdom is good and perfect and wise…it’s a whole other thing to believe that it will work and act on it.

Guess I’ve played tug of war long enough…time to cut the rope and run to Jesus.

-c