Someone said that the four answers to prayer are, "No, Slow, Grow, or Go!" God says here in James that the answer to asking for wisdom is always yes--go grow. :) But we must pray believing...and be ready for the tests that will come. I need help in the area of recognizing those trials when they come as the answer to my prayer...back to the considering it pure joy. I am praying for the mindset that whatever God sends is best, a blessing to come from through tests and temptations allowed.
When I read about the doubter being like a wave tossed at sea, I tried to think of a word picture of the man who doesn't doubt. I thought of Psalm 1--"He is like a tree planted by streams of water." And those streams reminded me of the river in Ps. 46 "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God." This is the river flowing with his blessings--peace, strength, love, forgiveness. The man who believes may have wind tearing at his leaves or hail hitting him, but he is strong, rooted in the Lord, for he is sustained by that life-giving river of blessings.
Lord, I believe, please help my unbelief! Keep us near your river.
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