SPIRITUAL
DIARY FOR 08-21-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Wisdom: The right use of knowledge
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: James 1:5
1. Message of the verse: “5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him
ask of God, who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will
be given to him.” (NASB) “If you need wisdom—if you want to know what
God wants you to do—ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.” (NLT)
In order
to understand this verse you must be able to understand exactly what “Godly
wisdom” is, and in order to understand godly wisdom you must know the
Scriptures, for in them Godly wisdom is found.
“The readers of James’ letter recognized this as the understanding and
practical skill that was necessary to life to God’s glory, wisdom contained in
the pure and peaceable absolutes of God’s will revealed in His Word, and lived
out.” (From Dr. Macarthur’s study
Bible)
When a
person is going through a trial that is God authorized he must ask God for the
wisdom he needs to understand what he is to get out of that trial so that it
will cause him to grow in his faith and to mature as a believer. The verse then assures us that God will give
wisdom, in fact He will gladly give it to you in a generous way and without
reproach, in other words He will not resent your asking.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I try to put this verse into show leather
for my life today I face a problem that has been with me ever since I can
remember, and that is being nervous. I
am going to play golf with three fine believers this morning and being nervous
about it causes my IBS to react in a way that makes me even more nervous. I think of the verses in Phil. 4:6 & 7
which say that a believer is to be anxious for nothing, but in everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let his requests be known unto God, and the peace of God which passes all understanding
will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. I can learn from this wisdom of the
Scriptures that I am not to be nervous, that when I am nervous that I am to
give thanks, and I believe the reason to give thanks is that this trial draws
me closer to the Lord. I am to my
request of not being nervous know unto God, who is glade to hear this request
according to James 1:5. Then God is to
give me his peace which passes all understanding and will guard my heart and
mind in Christ Jesus. In an earlier
devotion on James I learned that I am to surrender my trials to the Lord so
that He can use them to cause me to mature in my faith.
The Word of God was a challenge to my heart, and it was
also convicting to my soul.
My
Steps of Faith Today: To
surrender to the Lord my nervousness and to ask Him to give me wisdom to deal
with it so that it will bring glory to Him and good to me. I trust the Lord to work out Phil. 4:6 &
7 in my life today.
Memory verse for the week: Psalm 121:8
The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in from
this time forth and forever more.
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