JAMES 1:5-7 New Living Translation
“If
you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not
rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God
alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a
wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not
expect to receive anything from the Lord.”
Whatever you ask of the Lord, if you ask
with unwavering faith, you shall receive. If you place your full trust in God
you can know he will do it, even if nothing feels different after you ask. We should not base our faith on the answer
when it comes, but rather on the ‘answer giver’. There are times when what you seek takes
time. If you place your faith in the
answer you may never have any faith at all. No, you must ask believing that the
answer will come in God’s good and perfect time.
James isn’t speaking here of wisdom as
in knowledge, but rather in our ability to make wise decisions. An intelligent person will site reasons for
this or that; a wise person will choose the mostly likely reason and then take
action.
When we ask for godly wisdom we are in
fact asking to be Christ-like. Paul’s
letter to the church in Corinth refers to Christ as the “wisdom of God”*. The wisdom we
receive leads us to respect God and as a result only ask him that which falls
within the parameters of his will. He absolutely does not grant selfish
requests, but only those that assist us in our spiritual maturation process. He isn’t a genie in a bottle, granting us our
every wish. So if God never changes, then it is we who need to change. Our
attitude, our thought process, our hearts desire all must shift toward seeking
to please God and him alone. Seek
wisdom, yes, but seek it for all the right reasons, so that our life honors
God. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
Resource:
The Life Application Study Bible.
* 1 Corinthians 1:24 “But
to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the
power of God and the wisdom of God.”
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