- marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; “fickle friends”; “a flirt’s volatile affections”
- erratic: liable to sudden unpredictable change; “erratic behavior”; “fickle weather”; “mercurial twists of temperament”; “a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next”
The “hot” team in the playoffs, the “hot” candidate in the primaries, the “hot” investment.
We are a fickle people. From sportscasters to newscasters to the woman in the next cubicle, we change our minds and behavior at a moment’s notice.
The Minnesota Vikings were the “hot” team this year that no one would want to face in the playoffs. Didn’t have to worry about that because they lost their last two games and didn’t make the playoffs. Obama made Hilary cry because of his unexpected win in Iowa and we wondered how she would recover. Well, she won the next primary.
Why are we so easily swayed?
Why so fickle?
Even as Christians, why are we so changeable and erratic?
Because we are looking for a way that is not God’s way. If we are following the Way (John 14.6), Jesus Christ, if we are seeking the things above and keeping our minds on the things above, then every little ripple in the water here below would not send us into a panic.
How many of us filled our cars up with gas on the way home from work on “911”?
What good was that going to do? But everyone one was doing it, so we don’t want to be left out.
But God doesn’t leave us out. . .ever.
Hebrews 13:5-6 MSG Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” (6) we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?
If we are following the way, we will know that.
If we are just knowing religious stuff, we’ll just be another guppy when the next fear factor strikes.
