Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. These words in Genesis 49:4 reveal a serious danger: instability can keep a person from becoming everything God has called them to be.
What Does Instability Look Like?
Being unstable can be like a headless chicken running in every direction but getting nowhere. You can venture into many things, change direction constantly, follow every new voice, and still have very little to show for your efforts.
Sometimes what looks like a lack of opportunity is actually a lack of stability. You keep starting, stopping, moving, changing, and jumping from one place to another. Your energy is scattered, so your progress is scattered too.
Don’t Be Jumpy With Your Faith
One of the most dangerous forms of instability is spiritual instability. A person can move from one church to another looking for someone to pray for them, while also mixing Christian faith with practices that are contrary to God’s Word.
Scripture calls us to choose whom we will serve. Elijah challenged Israel in 1 Kings 18:21 because they were wavering between two positions. God calls us to wholehearted devotion to Him rather than a faith that follows every spiritual practice or every new voice.
There Is One Faith
Ephesians 4:5 says there is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism.” Stability begins when you settle your heart on Christ and become established in the truth of His Word.
Don’t jump onto every bandwagon. Don’t allow every new teaching, trend, personality, or pressure to move you. Be teachable, but be established. Test what you hear by the Word of God, then walk faithfully in what you know to be true.
Stability Produces Progress
If you want to see fruit, give something enough time to grow. If God has planted you in a church, serve there. If you’ve been given an assignment, work it. If you’ve started a godly discipline, stay with it. If you’ve committed yourself to learning, keep learning.
You don’t have to be everywhere. You don’t have to try everything. You need the grace to remain where God has assigned you and the discipline to keep moving forward.
Do Yourself a Favor: Be Stable
Stop scattering your strength. Stop changing direction every time something new appears. Ask God for wisdom, establish your priorities, and stay faithful.
Stability doesn’t mean you never change. It means your changes are led by God and guided by purpose, not by confusion, pressure, or every passing opportunity.
Be stable. Be established. Be consistent. Give your assignment time to produce fruit.
Project 2050 Souls to the Kingdom
As we pursue Project 2050 Souls to the Kingdom, we’re choosing to stay focused on the assignment God has given us: reaching people with the Gospel, winning souls, teaching believers, and sending them out.
Nemoto Zvinonaka.