Divided Loyalties!

"But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do." (James 1:6-8 NLT)

When we ask Him for what? Wisdom and anything else we need, when we ask in faith, we shall have it. But we cannot waver in our faith that He will do it because if we do--we allow doubt to enter and undermine faith and doubt will negate the faith to which God responds. James, in his letter, is simply reiterating what Jesus told the disciples about prayer. He told them when we ask in faith--doubting nothing--whatever we ask for, we shall have it.

For those who criticize others for having faith in what they do not see--get over it. When we speak--in faith--those things we are believing God for--we are going to see them in His timing as long as we do not allow the "world's way of thinking" to interfere with our faith. When we try to have faith in God and then allow the "world" to influence how we think--we have divided our loyalties and God says--we can expect "nothing" from Him.

Is this why you have not received what you have been asking for? Is your loyalty divided between God and the world?

God says, "Ask and it will be given" when we ask in faith. The world says, "Why are you expecting anything from someone invisible?"

One of the reasons why the world does not understand "our faith" is because we do not understand and exercise our faith in the manner that God tells us. Faith in Him does not waver--no matter what--whether what we ask for comes immediately or is delayed--the faith for those things we ask--remains in Him!  But the moment we start listening to others who influence doubt--we might as well stop thinking that God will do anything because He will not respond to doubt!

Whatever it is we are expecting from God--salvation for loved ones--no matter how "they" act--keep believing; financial security--no matter what our bank account says--keep believing; peace in the world--no matter how violent people get under the influence of the enemy--keep believing; for love to overflow in the hearts of all--no matter how much hatred you see--keep believing. If we ever stop having faith in God--we will never see those things for which we ask. Faith that--remains immovable in the face of adversity--can overcome anything and move mountains as long as doubt--never creeps into the situation or our minds to deter us.

Our loyalties belong to God and our faith should be in Him and Him alone--to guide us in all we must do to see faith for what we ask, manifest itself!