WISDOM

“If any of you lacks wisdom,⁴⁶⁷⁸ he should ask God,

who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he must believe⁴¹⁰² and not doubt,

 because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.”

James 1:5-8

4678 – sŏphia – wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual).

4102 – pistis – persuasion, i.e. credence: mor. conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher) especially reliance upon Christ for salvation: abstr. constancy in such a profession: by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

When a believer asks in faith

for wisdom from our Lord,

he can rest assured it will be given

as promised in His word.

If he would avoid being tossed about

like a wave upon the sea,

he must put his faith in Christ alone

to meet his every need.