Day 4 - DOS-sing

Today's verse is James 1:5-8

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. ⁶ 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. ⁷ That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. ⁸ Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

 DOS stands for Divine Operating System, in this context the author refers to is as the application for and of heavenly wisdom to guide your everyday life.

The author writes that double mindedness is when one tries to have a double operating system, one of God and one of the world. The duality is "A doubt that looks for proofs, guarantees, and contingencies before venturing out in faith". I see how it would clash, and how there is this sense of hypocrisy when someone can live a "normal" life which is true to the scientific method for everything but somehow can simply turn a total 180 degrees to "blind faith" when it comes to spiritual matters. Its little wonder others will find such a person silly for not seeing that intrinsic contradiction in the way they approach their life.

Where then does one stand and how would a person led by divine wisdom approach life? As I am, this is baffling, other than having your choices and worldview shaped by Godly values it would imply clear communication from the Lord on things that aren't as clear cut and having the courage to stick with it purely on the strength of your faith in what you are hearing.

No wonder the author notes that one ought to be sure they want that kind of wisdom, and that most Christians won't have it. That the wise of the world would consider devout Christians fools, and it has been and will continue to be ever more strongly.

I'll need to consider hard what it means to run a DOS compared to the relative safety and apparent surety of a WOS. There can be no dual boot or the system will crash and die, its only a matter of when, and not if.