James 1:7-8  For the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

Doubt betrays us. It leaves us with only one message: You are on your own. And when it inflicts hardship on our lives, it makes us "double-minded and unstable" people. To be double-minded means we say we trust, but we go on worrying in fear. It means that we may say one thing but do another. That makes us worrisome hypocrites, leaving us ensnared in the isolation of our own lives. You are on your own.

Peter was double-minded in his struggle between faith and fear. He boldly thought that he could walk on water as hie Lord did and even started out doing so. But when his eyes caught the wind and waves, he was filled with only doubts and began to sink. So, in the midst of his fear, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" (Matthew 14:30). And the Lord saved him.

Do we trust that the Lord will save us? Our doubts tells us that we can't expect to receive anything from the Lord? But our doubts have surely betrayed us. In truth we know just how far the Lord will go. He will go into the depth of the sea for us, even into the depths of hell itself. That is where his cross is planted. That is where our eyes look, once again, in faith.

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