July 26, 2026
3 Tools Against Double-Mindedness
- 1 Kings 15:1-8
- Josh Akin
Imagine a car with two steering wheels — one for a driver on the left, another for a driver on the right. Imagine sharing the road with such a car? Gearing left, then suddenly careening right. Who is driving? Where is it even headed? Everyone close to that car is stressed out and concerned.
That's a double-minded man, who loves God but loves something else too.
Elvis Presley won three Grammy Awards in his career. All three for gospel music. He grew up singing hymns in a Pentecostal church, and it never left him. He'd sing gospel backstage before a show, sing it at three in the morning in his living room.
He also had a doctor in his circle called "Dr. Nick," who wrote him prescriptions for nine thousand pills, vials, and injections in the last seven months of his life. Sedatives to sleep. Amphetamines to wake up. Painkillers in between. He died on his bathroom floor at forty-two.
One man, two hearts. He would sing "How Great Thou Art" with tears in his eyes then swallow a fistful of pills off stage. Do you see that in your life at all, or in the life of someone you love. Deep, faithful love for the Lord–yet at the same time loves something else that steals their joy, and damages their relationships?
Two steering wheels. Two masters. He loved the Lord — genuinely. And he loved everything the world was selling him — just as genuinely.
But, double-mindedness has a cure. Jesus said it plainly — no man can serve two masters. No life can run on two steering wheels. In 1 Kings 15, we'll learn to let Jesus alone take the wheel.