“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 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.” - James 1:5-6 (NLT)
If counsel is what we need, then it is wisdom that we ask for from God. This we are promised in a familiar and popular verse. We are promised that God is generous and not stingy when it comes to giving us the wisdom we need. We are also promised that God will not shame us for asking. We often shame each other when we are asked because we expect they should already know or have what they are asking for. God does not rebuke us for having a request for wisdom. Then we learn that God wants our request to be made in pure faith trusting in His promises. No attachments, no addendum, no contingencies which all add up to doubt and doubt does not mix with faith. Asking with doubt is not faith. It is a lack of faith. If we have ever watched the sea or lake when the waves are up. They are random, they never repeat and we have no idea where they will go. When we doubt, we are acting like a windblown wave and we are not truly believing God will or even can give us the wisdom He promises.
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