8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:8 CSB)

How simple is today’s scripture.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

But we must not miss the second part of this scripture.

Cleanse our hands – we are to make sure our actions reflect Christ.

Purify our hearts – we must make sure our desires and intentions come from a place dedicated to Christ.

Do not be double-minded – we must take care that our thoughts are centered upon Christ. That we are not trying to serve the world and God.

But there is a simple action which the first of our scripture notes that helps us to meet all three of these – draw near. When we are near God, focused upon the Spirit and acting as Christ, we cannot help to fulfill the rest.