Monday, March 16, 2015

God's Wisdom for You

The Bible makes it clear that wisdom is available to all without price. God's wisdom is not for sale. It is offered freely to all who ask in faith. Doubt says, "I can ask God for wisdom, but I'm not sure that He would give it to me." Faith says, "I will ask God for wisdom and I shall receive, because God has promised it to all who believe."

Life is a chain of decisions. Every link requires wisdom to make the best choice. A grandparent gave a grandson some money for his birthday. His dad took him to a store to spend the money on whatever he wanted. After looking for more than an hour without making a choice, he asked his dad to make the choice for him. Dad said, "Son, it's your money and your choice. If I chose something for you, it may not be what you really wanted." Sometime making choices is so difficult, we had rather someone else make it for us. God will not make our choices for us, but He will give us wisdom to make the right choice.

God wants you to make your choices. You are responsible for the consequences. Yet, God does promise to give you wisdom. If you ask God by faith to give you wisdom, He promised to do just that. When you have God's wisdom, doubts are dismissed, faith is confident, and peace assures you.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
and it will be given to him."

James 1:5