Weekend Meditation--Shut The Door On Indecisiveness!!!

1 Kings 18

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--Shut The Door On Indecisiveness!!!

Witness insecure throughout the Bible:  G3349 meteōrizomai to cause one to waver or fluctuate in the mind, to agitate or harass with cares, to make anxious

1 Kings 18:21
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.

Facing situations in this problematic society we live in, uproars and uneasiness in the atmosphere for those not covered by the words of Yahweh. Many run to and fro in the valley of indecisiveness. Crossed between the so-called Matrix and the reality and realization, that Yahweh has a kingdom that exists, has been, will always be. For those filled with hatred and anger for no apparent reason at all. Does anybody really know why people are so angry?

The indecisive one that is neither causing evil what is evil or is causing evil and still is evil. The ones in between that choose to let injustice is go by. All knowing full well something could have been done by them but yet--in the valley of decision!!!

First, Indecision in it's nature and prevalence
1. In its nature, the mass of society does not consist of only two descriptions of persons—those who are eminently pious and those who are flagrantly wicked—but there is also an intermediate class, the victims of indecision; bespeaking that state of the mind and the heart which, instead of cleaving wholly to God, or yielding altogether to the world, alternates with both; an indecision which, as if passive to the influence of opposite claims, bends now to the one and now to the other, as accident or circumstances shall determine—now governed by the human, now by the Divine claims; an indecision that in seeking to couple the allegiance of two masters is a traitor to both—admitting, more or less, the force of Gospel statements, the powerful appeals of "the truth as it is in Jesus," while the occasion lasts, so that there is a sort of turning to Him, and being again open to the seductions of sensual objects, so that there is a turning to them.

2. The prevalence of indecision, by far the larger mass of all our congregations is composed of the undecided. Thousands say their prayers, who do not pray; thousands verbally assent to the truths of Christ, where there is nothing but the dead letter, where there is no spirit, no demonstration, no power.

II. INDECISION IN ITS CAUSES. And these are multiform.

1. One is pride. This is ever lingering within us, checking the fullness of our reliance upon God.

2. Indecision, again, arises from ignorance—ignorance of the relative value and comparative importance of things.

3. Indecision springs-from our sloth. It is the reverse of the effort to maintain "a good confession." Decision in being "on the Lord's side," involves the necessity of great and painful self-denial.

4. Indecision proceeds from the love of the world. Whilst the heart is buried there, how can it be given to another? The affections cannot be placed upon two objects diametrically opposed to each other.

III. INDECISION IN ITS CONSEQUENCES. And these are full of evil.

1. Indecision, in the first place, is an insult to the authority and the character of God.

2. Indecision works evil upon others. Every man, whether he thinks it or not, is surrounded by witnesses; and the world is sharp sighted in observing those flaws of inconsistency which bring so many professions of religion into contempt; where such as attend its ordinances, only leave them to exhibit the selfishness, the covetousness, and the earthly-mindedness of the natural man.

3. The undecided am the self-deceived. A hope is begotten which will never be realized; their daydream of good, as a dream, cheats them with its images and all passes away in air.

4. The undecided, again, are criminal. "Whatsoever," it is said, "is not of faith is sin."

Shut The Door On Indecisiveness!!!

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Principle:

Deuteronomy 28:9
The LORD shall establish thee a holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

Walk Strong's Hebrews #4109 mahalak:
Strong's Concordance

mahalak: a Walk, journey, a going
Original Word: מַהֲלָך
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mahalak
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hal-awk')
Short Definition: walk
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from halak
Definition
a walk, journey, a going
NASB Translation
free (1), journey (1), walk (3).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
journey, walk
From halak; a walk, i.e. A passage or a distance -- journey, walk

We have to see that Yahweh is walking us through our wilderness this is His process that we must not disregard or view as a light thing.  This while uncomfortable for our flesh is the proving ground for our spirit-man to walk closer to Him.  Tuning our ears and moving our feet according to scripture--all for a return to our original status and place.  What an awesome place that He has us in Fiveamprayer!  The landmarkers that are set up in the wilderness to show us the right way, to mark times of importance like the Sabbath or feast days!  Just in awe of Him!  This is one that you have got to listen to again and again!  Click here