“If you need wisdom – if you want to know what God wants you to do – ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. People like that should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.” James 1:5-7 (NLT)
There come times in our lives when we really need the wisdom of the Lord. God doesn’t want us to be afraid to ask Him. The above scripture tells us that He will gladly tell us what He wants us to do. But He doesn’t want us to ask for His wisdom and not expect an answer.
You wouldn’t ask a teacher a question and not expect them to answer you. So why would you ask God (Our Great Teacher) for wisdom and not expect an answer from Him? Sometimes we may really want an answer from God, but we don’t expect one. The above scripture tells us that if we doubt that God can answer us, we shouldn’t expect to receive anything from Him. We need to remove all doubt from our minds and trust that He gladly wants to answer us. Then we need to expect an answer and wait until we hear from Him.
Pray for God to renew your mind and remove all doubt. Ask Him for His wisdom to guide you in all of your decisions. Expect Him to answer you and trust His wisdom.
