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Friday, February
8, 2008
Flip Flopping
Psalms 12:1-2 Help, LORD; for the godly
man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. (2) They
speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a
double heart do they speak. (KJV)
How do the people of God go from one day
serving Him to the next day acting like the devil? It all comes down to
what they have allowed into the heart; and like a virus, once it gets into
the heart it will spread quickly and bring one down. Like in a courtroom,
all the defense team has to do is present reasonable doubt or the
appearance of it. The same holds true with the Christian and their daily
encounters in life, the trial of their faith. If you take the time to study
the evidence presented in the word of God you will have a rock solid case
without any holes in it and you will stand up and prevail in your daily
encounters. But if you have let down your guard and have not taken the time
to prepare your case then you will start entertaining doubts and second
guessing rather than knowing God’s verdict in the matter. Remember, out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak, which will either be words
of spirit and life, or spirit and death, depending on where your heart
truly is. The trial of your faith, are you ready for it, have you taken the
time to study the evidence or do you have double vision, flip flopping back
and forth?
1 Kings 18:21-22 And Elijah came unto all
the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be
God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him
not a word. (22) Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a
prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
(KJV)
In this election year, one of the biggest
criticisms of the candidates, one of the biggest accusations that are made
between them is their flip flopping on the issues. Instead of giving a
straight answer and holding to it, they jump back and forth to appease the
people and win their approval. This same mindset holds true in the
spiritual realm, many that have begun their campaign with the Lord begin
with good intentions but end up selling out to popular opinions and
doctrines of man which are based more on a people pleasing head knowledge
than on a true commitment from the heart. As we see Elijah was one amongst
many others; rather than hold fast to the Lord many had allowed the people
to be more of an influence on their heart than the word of God. Has your
walk and commitment to the Lord come to a halt also, because rather than
hold fast to His word you have been swayed by the people and their
opinions? The Lord would rather have us hot or cold. It will be those that
are in the middle that He will spue out of His mouth if they continue to
waver between opinions.
James 1:5-8 If any of you lack wisdom,
let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not;
and it shall be given him. (6) But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed. (7) For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of
the Lord. (8) A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (KJV)
Once you ask God for His help and His
wisdom then it is up to you to follow through with your commitment despite
what many others are doing or believing. Like going to a doctor and seeking
his counsel for whatever the ailment is and whatever he prescribes for the
treatment. So if he gives you a prescription and you don’t follow through
and take the medicine then it is not his fault if you end up getting worse.
The same holds true with our Lord, when we ask of Him we need to ask in
faith and follow through with what He prescribes in order to stay healthy.
The reason one becomes double minded is because they were double hearted,
no longer renewing the mind with the truth but rather introducing doubt and
confusion which is not of God. It is easy to tell who the unstable person
is by what is coming out of the mouth; and the more unstable one becomes
the more they are blown off course with winds of doctrine and end up
shipwrecked. What you allow into the heart is what is going to come out of
your mouth; and the enemy is referred to a roaring lion, one who is waiting
to pounce on the weak by listening to their confession and the instability
that is coming forth from their mouth.
Matthew 15:18-20 But those things which
proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the
man. (19) For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: (20) These are the things
which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
(KJV)
How did all this junk and garbage get
into the heart in the first place? If you ate nothing but junk food all the
time how healthy would the heart be? By eating all this spiritual junk food
you wonder why you waver and doubt at times. As vital an organ this is to
our physical man how much more to our spiritual being? And if you had been
more watchful of your temple you would not have allowed the thief to break
through and turn God’s house into a dumping ground. While many still hold
to outward appearances and physical laws and rituals, it’s the heart that
matters to God and what the true motives are of it that concerns Him. I can
assure you that there are many that if they knew they had a winning lottery
ticket would find a safe place to keep it and make sure nothing got to it
and defiled it. So how much more should we keep a watch on our spiritual
treasure chest, which after all affects our eternal life and not just the
short term time we spend here. You wouldn’t let someone back up to your
house with a garbage truck and dump it into your living room, so why do so
many allow the devil to come into God’s temple and dump a load in their
heart? How healthy would that be, let alone how soon before it would be
declared unfit and not suitable for habitation? What are you listening to,
what are you watching, what do you spend your time meditating on? If it is
the things of God then you will be walking with Him and acting like Him. If
it is anything else it will manifest itself in a way that will be most
unpleasant.
Proverbs 23:4-7 Labour not to be rich:
cease from thine own wisdom. (5) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which
is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an
eagle toward heaven. (6) Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil
eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: (7) For as he thinketh in his
heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with
thee. (KJV)
As a man thinks in his heart is truly who
he will be; whether it be of God or the prince of this world. Are you
seeking the riches of this realm as many others have fallen for and are
drowning in destruction and despair, or are you seeking the spiritual
treasures of wisdom and knowledge which can only be found in Christ and
those that are truly one of His? No man can serve two masters; and the
Bible is quite clear that you cannot serve God and money at the same time.
Those that engage in these doctrines become double hearted and double
minded, no longer able to receive anything from God.
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts,
ye double minded. (KJV)
Time to clean out that mess that has
gotten in the heart and wash it away with the living waters of truth so
that you will no longer be double minded, flip flopping back and forth
between the things of God and the things of this realm.
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