I was talking the other day about a classic passage in James 1 (below) and how God just wants us to ask.
He wont get mad…he wont be irritated…BUT look at what follows – when you ask for wisdom…act on it! Don’t go back and forth- don’t say okay God, thanks for the input- I have several others to talk to! Often what God gives us in contrary to what the world would advise. And, in those cases, it is tough to take God’s wisdom and follow it, but that is what He requires. Too often we just take God’s word or His Spirit prodding as just one of the options we have. When we go back and forth, as James says, we are unstable and indecisive. God loves when we take Him at His WORD and chart our course, our plan according to what He tells and shows us.
Right now I have many directions I can go with work and projects. I am asking God for his wisdom and to order my steps. Conventional wisdom is pushing me one way but it might not be God’s way. You know what…it gets back to time with God in the morning BEFORE we begin doesn’t it?
James 1 – 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.
