James 1:6-8 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. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
The other day the Lord kicked my backside with these verses. We often wonder why God is not blessing us, or why our ministry doesn’t seem to be going like we think it should. I believe that one main reason is because too many church planters and pastors bail out way to soon. The Bible says that if I doubt while I am asking, I will be tossed about. Maybe one of the reasons that the average tenure of a pastor is between 2-4 years, is they are doubting God too much and thinking that the next church will be better. Which leads us to the last verse: ” a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Men, we need to decide if God has called us, then we need to ask in faith believing God that it will happen, and stop being tossed around in the waves of ministry. You know that church hoppers are often criticized, I wonder if there are a lot of pastors that would fit into that crowd?
Wayne
