mornin’!
You know, several weeks ago I started out in Proverbs talking about wisdom. And I have gone off on some trails but I am heading back there.
I was reading in James the classic verses there – often referred to – If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 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. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
I like what the NLT says- “Our generous God” He wants to help but look at the qualifier – ASK! I remember seeing my 5 year old..Seth, I had heard some noise in the kitchen, so I though I better check. I found him standing on a box, trying to climb up the pantry shelves in search of a granola bar. I told him that he better get down, that wasn’t really safe. He said, “I knew you were working, I didn’t want to bother you”. Well, I assured him that I was more than heppy to get it for him, all he had to do was ask me – I would LOVE to find it for him.
You know sometimes we think we are bothering God, that maybe our requests is relatively small. We need some help – some direction, some knowledge - but we dont want to bother God- we’ll figure it out ourself. The point is- and I will talk about the rest tomorrow – God WANTS to give us wisdom – He loves to! But sometimes we wait so long to ask..we search around..climb around…look in the wrong places, sometimes in unsafe places..and God says – JUST ASK!
