“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.”
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 — the Greek dipsycheo (to doubt/be of two minds) literally means to have a divided heart, to be unstable in purpose and allegiance. The simile of the wave driven by wind evokes the sea as a symbol of chaos and instability in Old Testament imagery (cf. Isaiah 57:20). The one who doubts is fundamentally inconsistent, unable to submit entirely to God's trustworthiness. This is not a counsel against wrestling with faith, but against the spiritual vacillation that prevents wholehearted petition and reliance on God's fidelity.
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