Divine Wisdom

 

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God…”

—James 1:5

People make particular choices for a variety of reasons:

• Some people are led by their feelings. If it feels right—if it satisfies some desire or longing they have—they choose to do whatever they want to do.
  
  
• Others strive to gather as much detailed information as possible and then, somewhat hesitatingly, they make a choice.
  
  
• Still others apply logic and reason to weigh the upside and downside before they make their decision. They let facts and logic lead the way.
  
  
• And, even others make choices driven by a quest for something new and exciting. They’ve hardly begun to enjoy the fruit from their most recent previous decision before they’ve moved on looking for some new experience.
  
  

The Apostle James urges us to ask God to grant us divine wisdom. With the leading of the Holy Spirit, our choices become instruments of God’s grace in our lives. Notice what the Apostle writes in James 1:5-8:

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

As we greet a new day, let’s determine to ask the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom. Armed with that divine wisdom, this day let’s make wise choices in everything we do and everything we say.

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Friday, November 20, 2015

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