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In about six weeks I am to have a week of meetings in Mexico, presenting my marriage seminar. I have mixed feelings about the matter, with “I don’t want to do this” being the strongest.

Such thoughts were flitting in and out of my consciousness as I got going this morning. Then I got to 1 Peter 4:11 in my reading:

“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”

Then I checked my Spanish Bible to see if it might clarify the first part.

“If anyone speak, speak according to the words of God…” (my translation, of course).

No question — the message of this verse fits my present need.

For Him to be glorified, He must be the source of my words and my service. All the time. Everywhere.

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8).

Double minded — what’s that?

I am double minded when the music I listen to and the Web sites I visit change…depending on who might be around.

I am double minded when I try to follow Jesus…but allow myself a little selfishness or sin.

I am double minded when I pretend to be what I am not.

In a spiritual sense, to be double minded is to be less than fully committed to Jesus.

A little double mindedness in one area makes me unstable in all my ways.

Stability comes from full commitment to Jesus.