Am I double minded? How much do I trust in me, instead of God? My plan? My knowledge? When something the Spirit asks me to do seems crazy, how often do I just do it my way? And when something seems right up my alley, do I still seek my Lord, or just do it? When God told Moses to strike the rock the first time, perhaps it was granite. Had the whole assemly struck the rock, water would not have come out. Yet God made it flow.
When God asked Moses to speak to the second rock, perhaps it was sandstone. Because Moses disobeyed God and struck the rock, he was denied bringing the people into the promised land? Why? Stricking the rock worked. It delivered water to the people. Moses did it his own way, and it pointed to Moses. Had Moses spoken to the rock and it gushed with water, it would have been God’s way.
To wait upon the Lord, I need to ask God, listen, and obey. Pray It. Do It. Stop It. Pray It. Whether I think I have a better or easier way, it does not matter. God has infinite knowledge and infinite goodness. Am I doubleminded? When I trust in myself, and do not obey God, I am!
Lord, bring me to you. Help me focus only on you. In everything I do, let me seek your counsel, your wisdom. Don’t let me put my regard for me, for others, for slick words and promises of man before my obedience to you. God help me.