Wisdom

James 1:5 reads
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

So the scripture says that if I lack wisdom, I should ask God. So the first step in getting wisdom is to realize that I do not have it. When I realize I do not have it, I should ask the One who does. Makes sense to me. Seems real simple. So often though, it is not how we roll.

First of all, admitting that we do not have the wisdom to overcome our circumstances is a huge revelation. It is humbling even to those who name Christ as savior because we've been in the Book for years. Perhaps we feel that we understand wisdom because we read the Scriptures or know the Author.

Or it could be that we haven't (been in the Book)but we know better. Treading upon this ground now, we've neglected God and conclude He is very mad at us.

The answer to that issue is in the second part of the verse: who gives generously to all without finding fault. In the Amplified version this verse reads: If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.

He is a giving God. Not like humans, who when neglected may walk away. He is very different. He continually gives like John 3:16 says. So we are not dealing with human love at all, but divine. Unconditional. The kind that is very hard to understand with our minds. We understand with our heart.

So when we come to Him. [Finally] He doesn't reprimand or fold His arms in closed communication. He opens up and pours out what we need. In the KJV, it says that He “upraideth not.” So He gives liberally and does not remind us how we are responsible for the mess. He knew the mess would happen before the foundation of the world and is not surprised at all.

Very often, we side with the enemy. We upraid, condemn or judge ourselves too harshly. We rehash the mistakes of the day, forgetting to go to the One who waits to forgive and get us on the road to recovery. [1 John 1:9]

We may even congratulate another who receives wisdom from God but quietly think He will not give it to us. We believe every lie of the enemy. We forget to check the fine print of His love letter.

Every version of this verse I've read is that He gives to all. Not just to some but to everyone. All means all.

How do we receive this wisdom? By faith. We ask and receive, Jesus says so. Matthew 7:7.
In James 1:6, we are reminded of what Jesus said. We do not want to doubt but believe.

Someone recently spoke of a squirrel in the road. The car comes and the squirrel cannot decide what to do. It runs back and forth attempting to dodge deadly tires, never committing to dash straight ahead to other side.

Sometimes, we act like the squirrel in the road. When the answer of wisdom doesn't come in the way we expect, we doubt. Even then our God doesn't condemn [Romans 8:1)or upraid, but assures that the answer will come.