James 1:5-7
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 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. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
When making decisions, we should pray for wisdom. What form does this wisdom come in? Obviously God doesn’t answer all our questions or make all our decisions for us.
Whatever form God gives to us, we should expect to always receive it. I take this to be literal and not like a parable.
What do you say?
I take it to be literal. And the form it comes in is probably through character formation. The deliberate making of decisions geared towards following the royal law of the Lord of glory seems to be the meaning of wisdom in James’ epistle. So I would say that the prayer is one to be oft repeated by us. It’s interesting by the way how similar Colossians is to James in its concern for the acquisition of wisdom from God in Christ.
Very interesting. I never thought of it in a more general long term way. Also interesting that I like Colossians so much and also like James.
Thank you for the comment.
Jeff