We need wisdom

Jas 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Jas 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.


We lack wisdom. There is no doubt about that. We need the wisdom that only God can give to us. So many of us are filled to the brim and overflowing with our own wisdom- our worldly wisdom. Way too many of us mistake our worldly wisdom for God's wisdom, believing that somehow our wisdom is enough. We need God's wisdom-only the wisdom that comes from God. And God will give us wisdom if we ask for it, in fact we will receive all the wisdom we need if we ask in faith, pure faith.

Pure faith- no wavering.

Did this man waver?

Mar 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
Mar 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

No.

This man did not waver in faith, in fact He went to the only source of faith and asked for faith help. We need to ask for faith help because we cannot believe that we possess a faith that won't waver- we cannot afford to have such arrogance. Our faith comes from God and we have to seek God in faith. Does it seem contradictory?

Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

We all have the ability to have faith, every single human being is given this ability to believe.

Luk 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
Luk 17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Faith isn't something that needs increase in size, but in quality.

The father who said right to our Savior- 'Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.' Had it right, didn't he? He had faith, but he wanted the quality of that faith to be all that Jesus required it be.

We have faith, we believe and we need the quality of our faith to increase. We can't let our faith waver. We can't hesitate in believing that God will answer our prayer for faith. We have to pray as that father prayed- 'Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.'

Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Jas 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Double minded man.

A believer and unbeliever rolled into one.

So many of us live with this sort of mindset, don't we? We believe and yet we doubt, we waver. We hesitate, we are unstable. We don't want to be this way do we? We want help with our unbelief and we need to pray for that.

Jas 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

We need to purify our hearts.

We have a part to play and that part is to have faith- to believe when so much around us screams for us to not believe, to doubt, to waver, to lose sight of God.

We won't receive anything from God if we don't believe.

Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Lord we believe! Help our unbelief!

Lord keep us from wavering!

We would have any wisdom You can give to us, any understanding we need to be solely and wholly Yours, Lord!

Please Lord, please!

In Your love!

Amen.