Lacking Wisdom and Broken Trucks

James 1:5-8 (NIV) If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who give generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe 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.

I love the fact that James says “If” any of you lacks wisdom…Don’t we all? But what I find more interesting is the solution is so simple. Just ask…

It seems as I delve further into God’s word that I find that the answers are usually so simple. Who lacks wisdom? I think if we all actually took the time to do some serious self evaluation we would admit that we need wisdom. I also believe because as it says in Hebrews 4:15-16 (NCV) “For our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses. When he lived on earth, he was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne where there is grace. There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it.” What that means to me is that God knows how we feel and knows what we are going through because he has experienced it. He knows that we need wisdom. He just wants us to ask! We live in a time that we think we can deal with things on our own. Life can be like a child that has a wheel fall off his toy truck. The little boy tries with all his might to push the wheel back on and inadvertently breaks the axle off, the door comes off the hinges and another wheel falls off. Then the little boy takes the pile of parts to his father and says “Fix it!”. The dad tries his best all the while knowing that if the boy had brought the truck to him when the tire fell off it would have been easier. So it is with our heavenly Father. If at the first time in our lives we sense we are lacking wisdom we should ask. He says he will give it to us. God wants a relationship with us and wants to take care of us, he just wants us to have the same desire to pursue Him and take our needs to Him. It is time that my attitude of “rolling up my sleeves” and trying to solve my own problems take the back seat to a God that has already conquered much more than I will ever accomplish in my lifetime.