” …How long will you go limping between two different opinions?…”  (1 Kings 8:21)

           Elijah, confronting the prophets of Baal and the people of Israel, challenged their split loyalties.  He said to them “…If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him” (vs. 21). I believe the Christian Church today has a lot of people that are limping between two different opinions. Oh, I don’t mean they are following God and Baal but functionally they have split loyalties – which is not loyalty at all.

          Where do we split loyalty? Here are some thoughts: Sports – how many families miss Sunday service because of Sunday morning sporting events for their children? Money – how many of us find our security in our bank statements? Work – how many of us find our value, worth and identity in what we do? Self – probably the foundational warring ‘god’ is self.  Living life on our own terms. Sure, there is regular church attendance and maybe even daily Bible reading and prayer, but there is still much self-centered living – living life to please self rather than God.

          God is looking for whole-hearted followers, devoted followers and unabashed worshipers.  It is time to stop limping!!

Blessings, Diane

Diane Hunt is part of the Development and Addiction Recovery teams at America’s Keswick.  In addition to being a Biblical Counselor, she is a Women’s speaker for retreats, conferences and events.  She is a regular writer for Victory Call and one of the authors of Crossing the Jordan Bible Study. She has been married to her husband John over 28 years.  She has 2 adult children, 3 grandchildren, 3 adult step-children with 7 grandchildren making 10 in all.  She delights reading and teaching, but mostly laughing at the funny things her grandchildren say and do.