James 1:5-
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives
to all men liberally, and upbraided not; and it shall be given him.”
In my previous applications I had added asking the Lord to
grant wisdom unto me during my morning prayer. I added that because I realized
that I needed Him to grant wisdom unto me. Our God gives liberally to all men,
meaning, our God who knows all, will give to those who He knows need His
wisdom, and who truly seek His wisdom. Just because someone says, oh lord
please give me wisdom so I can be smarter than everyone else, doesn’t mean He’s
going to grant it to them, just like the people who say, oh lord I give me a
2014 Lamborghini Gallardo because I need to show people that you have blessed
me. These people don’t have the right heart for these things. They are just
asking God for stuff that they want for personal gain. As a Christian, we
should be wanting and striving to grow closer to God, having wisdom is
something that God will grant us if we truly have hearts that seek Him and that
want Him more than anything. If someone is solidly rooted and built on the
foundation of Christ and they receive wisdom from God, they are going to use
that wisdom to continue to grow closer to God and in some ways, use that to
draw other people closer to God as well. God knows who will be able to
handle/properly use the wisdom He grants them. This makes me think of the times
when I would ask, oh why did he get that? Or, oh I would be a lot better at
that than that person if I had that, but at the same time maybe I didn’t get
that thing or that position at work for a reason. Perhaps I believe I was ready
to accept something as such but God knew differently.
This week I am going to try harder to submit to those who
may not be labeled in authority over me, because God has chosen them to lead
me.
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