1 Kings 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORDb is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”  But the people said nothing.

Double-mindedness occurs when we allow anything into our soul that is contrary to the truth of the New Covenant.  It might sound good, but it does not accord with the counsel of God as revealed in the New Covenant truth.  It might even be from the Scripture but fails the test of passing through the filter of New Covenant truth and perspective.

Matthew 6:24  “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

What was Jesus saying?  Being divided in your heart or mind is not profitable and will always interfere with your ability to retain your focus where it ought to be.

To get our soul and spirit in sync so we can walk in the power we’ve been given, we need to wash our minds with the right truth.

Ephesians 5:25  Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herb 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

Here we are given an example of what Jesus does for His bride.  He washes her with words.  I dare say these words are not negative criticisms, abusive outbursts of anger, and reminders of how she doesn’t measure up.

He made her something already, and she needs to know whom she is married to, what He has done for her, who that makes her to be, and what it enables her to experience.  She needs to get to where she sees the same thing in the mirror He is describing because she increasingly believes His words over her more and more.

Refusing to subject thoughts and opinions to New Covenant truth is akin to seeking after problems.

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Double-mindedness is out to rip off any follower of Jesus who allows it to have a place in their soul.  Your spirit already has faith and trust in God and loves Him, and desires to do everything God wants.  But the soul still needs some work.  It needs some washing.  It needs old ideas, traditions of men, sentimentality, nostalgia, and incorrect input washed out of it so it can align with the truth God speaks concerning you.

How does what you have been told by someone line up with what God says about you and the work of Jesus in Scripture?  I encourage you today to saturate your soul with good truth concerning Jesus and His completed work and all that it makes available to you.  Let the words of the groom wash your soul.