MONDAY, March 31st, 2008

James 1:1-7

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

This passage is the beginning of the book of James and what an interesting passage it is! James introduces himself in the first verse and then he gives the theme of this passage in verse 2. He says, be happy when you face trials... If you are like me, you may be thinking... WHAT?!?!
Be happy when I am facing a trial in life? And God says, YES! Be happy, because the testing of your faith makes you better and stronger. Then God adds on a bonus by telling us, If we are concerned about failing this trial, then we simply need to ask God for the wisdom we need to get through it. God says that if we ask in faith. Then we will get the wosdom we ask for. But we recive nothing if there is no faith.

I want to ask God for wisdom all the time, so that when I face different issues in life, I will have the wisdom necessary to glorify God.