Tag: double-minded

As I read today’s passage, the words that came to mind were “single-hearted devotion.”

God cannot accept anything less, any more than a husband or a wife can accept a spouse who keeps many other lovers.

And yet, our hearts so easily wander.

It’s so easy to say, “We will serve the Lord” as the Israelites did.

To declare our devotion for Jesus as Peter did. (Matthew 26:33-35)

But whether because of “the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, or the desires for other things,” that devotion often gets choked out. (Mark 4:19)

O Lord, you know my fickle, wandering heart. Lord, give me an undivided heart that I might fear your name. (Psalm 86:11)

Lord, your faithful love toward me is great. (Psalm 86:13)

Though I am faithless, you are faithful. (2 Timothy 2:13)

Help me to be so filled with your love that I can’t help but be singularly devoted to you.

In Jesus’ name, amen.”