No Doubt

Day 26- No Doubt

James 1:5-6 NIV

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. 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.

Wisdom is a necessary tool for life. A lot of the issues we face today are the results of the application of head-knowledge rather than heart-knowledge. We read a lot, but we read more of the wrong things; we go to school to get educated, but we are not enlightened. We spend a lot of money on the external, forgetting that an investment in the internal will sort out the external. We spend ourselves on the things that do not last, forgetting that the important things are the eternal things, the things that God is and gives. I do not belittle education, but our seeking knowledge must be purposeful, and with eternity in view.

Let us sort one thing out immediately- true wisdom is not found anywhere else but in Christ. Every other knowledge you could have outside of Him is just knowledge;  anyone who reads anything has a knowledge of that thing. It is one thing to know, it is another thing to understand, while it is yet another thing to be able to fully grasp the importance, understanding, function, timing and application of what you have known. It all starts with knowledge. How do you know God outside of his word? How do you understand what he demands of you if you do not study his life-manual? How do you know how to apply what you know if in the first place, you have not even taken time out to find out what he wants you to know. God's Word is life but until it is read, studied and applied with the help of He that inspired it, it will remain a mystery or at best, a story.

This extract is important, as it establishes from the very start, our need for absolute dependence on God. Wisdom cannot exist outside of Christ himself, as the Bible has established in 1 Corinthians 1:24 NIV: but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.  True wisdom is found in Christ, because he alone is the way to the Father. God is ready to give to all men, no matter the generation or the age, as long as we ask without doubt. Doubt, in itself, is a sign that you don't believe that what you are asking for is possible, and that God is powerless to keep his promises to you.

God, who owns everything on earth and in the heavens, has told me to ask. I have nothing to lose, I will just ask God for wisdom. Our walk and work on earth require wisdom; our living and breathing require wisdom. Only in Christ do we find all that we need to make a success of our lives. Ask God today, for his time of favour is here.

PRAYER- Lord, I ask for wisdom today, give me in accordance with your promise in your Word. Direct my steps, my words, my conduct and my life so that I can be a blessing to my generation in Jesus' name. Amen.