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10Have you ever noticed how many people are directionless in life? People like your neighbors or co-workers go with the flow and roll with the punch. If a fad comes up, they chase the fad. They just toss to and fro. James said \(James 1:8) A couple of verses earlier, he compares that double-minded man to a cork or a buoy on the sea that is tossed back and forth by the waves.Now we don't use that terminology often today. We don't talk about double-minded people. Well, what is James talking about there? A double-minded man or a woman is simply someone who is unsure of his or her values. There is a whole generation of people whoare nowhere close to living the maximum life because they have no idea what their values are.George Gallup did a poll not long ago concluding the number one stress factor, problem or issue facing the Baby Boomer generation is not a lack of money, a lack of time or relational conflict, and it is what he calls, \believe one thing and then we live in a totally different way.For example, we Baby Boomers say, \important thing;\each child of less than two minutes a day. He worships his career. We say that good health is important. But, we admit when asked, \you exercise?\say things like, \Joneses.When you have competing values, you're a ship dead in the water. You are going nowhere. That's why Solomon said in Proverbs 4:23, \wellspring of life.%u201d He is saying: What you value directs your life. If you were to honestly tell me what you value in life, I could predict where your life is going to go. Every decision you make is based upon your values; they direct your life.b. Your values end up determining your destiny.Doesn't that make sense? If my values chart the course I'm going to follow then they pretty well assure where I'm going to end up. Jesus said in Mark 8, verses 36 and 37, \it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?'\going to give your soul to. So values are extremely important, they're the axle that turns the wheel.Where do I get my values? You get them from a lot of places, but ultimately there are two basic sources. You get them from Christ or culture. To put it another way, you get your values from the Word or from the world. Now it's pretty easy to determine what Christ's values are if you get to know His Book, the Bible and you'll have a real good handle on what His value system is all about.