Text: James 1:5-8
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
In the events of the day that seem to test us it is good that we are able to keep in mind that the wonderful wisdom of God - that is, God for us! The writer is not telling us to ask for some kind of mythical wisdom that will give us great abilities to control of and move our world. Rather, we are considering here the wisdom to trust what God has said about us and live then as though that is the truth. It is a wisdom that takes stepping into the day trusting - not doubting. It is wisdom to see our place as God's beloved right in the middle of the everyday stuff of this day. Others, without such wisdom, move through the day absorbed in their own world and therefore, they are dependent on what they are able to do and what they are able to make of themselves. The wisdom to see God's favor makes for a vision for life most are unable to see - and therefore their is no peace.
Connection: Remember, God's foolishness (to love the world unconditionally) is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. We are not out to conquer the world - we are invited to love the world and through that invitation, there is a life that will come forth for us in all times and places. May we have the wisdom to see that life and live within that foolishness.
O God of endless Love, how often you enlighten us with your grace-filled Word. You invite us to trust in you alone and then you expect that we will indeed trust. Strengthen us that we may had over our day to you and live within your blessed Reign. Amen.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
In the events of the day that seem to test us it is good that we are able to keep in mind that the wonderful wisdom of God - that is, God for us! The writer is not telling us to ask for some kind of mythical wisdom that will give us great abilities to control of and move our world. Rather, we are considering here the wisdom to trust what God has said about us and live then as though that is the truth. It is a wisdom that takes stepping into the day trusting - not doubting. It is wisdom to see our place as God's beloved right in the middle of the everyday stuff of this day. Others, without such wisdom, move through the day absorbed in their own world and therefore, they are dependent on what they are able to do and what they are able to make of themselves. The wisdom to see God's favor makes for a vision for life most are unable to see - and therefore their is no peace.
Connection: Remember, God's foolishness (to love the world unconditionally) is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. We are not out to conquer the world - we are invited to love the world and through that invitation, there is a life that will come forth for us in all times and places. May we have the wisdom to see that life and live within that foolishness.
O God of endless Love, how often you enlighten us with your grace-filled Word. You invite us to trust in you alone and then you expect that we will indeed trust. Strengthen us that we may had over our day to you and live within your blessed Reign. Amen.
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