OUR FATHER WHO FREELY GIVES WISDOM TO THOSE WHO ASK AND THEN FOLLOW HIS WISDOM

The book of James chapter 1 verse 7 says this;

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

This verse reveals the result of not believing the wisdom provided by the Lord when we ask Him to give us wisdom and we fall into doubt and do not act in accordance with the wisdom given.

As we go through life, we often need to ask the Lord to give us wisdom to deal with specific circumstances such as obstacles, hardships or danger.  James chapter 1 verse 5 tells us;

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. 

When we request wisdom from the Lord, we can rely on Him to readily give it to us with no questions asked but as verse 6 says;

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. 

The Apostle James, by the Holy Spirit, councils us that when the wisdom of God is given, we must firmly believe in the guidance the wisdom provides and walk according to it.

If we doubt and vassilate when carrying out the steps provided by wisdom, we become analogous to a wave of the sea being blown and tossed about by the wind.

The path of wisdom provided by the Lord is always rock solid but when we doubt it, we become unstable and easily bowled over. 

When the Apostle Peter was invited by the Lord to step out of the boat while they were sailing on the Sea of Galilee, the wisdom of the Lord was that it was safe to step out of the boat and onto the water.

The Apostle Peter, once outside the boat, saw the waves and doubt that contradicted the wisdom of the Lord entered his mind and he began to sink.

The doubt that engulfed him dissolved the power that the wisdom had supplied and he started to sink.

In the same way, the enemy whispers in our ear that the wisdom of God is  unsafe or unreliable in the face of danger and if we start to doubt the received wisdom and start stumbling away from the sure path given by wisdom, we become unreliable recipients of the Lord's wisdom and thus James cautions us that we should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

Amen.

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