Ask for Wisdom

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Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 113, Ask for Wisdom.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." James, chapter one, verse five.

Let that land for a moment. James doesn't write this for people who have everything figured out. He writes it for people in the middle of a trial — people who are facing a hard decision and don't know which way to turn. He writes it for you, today.

And the first thing he does is flip weakness on its head. Admitting that you don't know is not a failure. It is the starting point. God is not standing there waiting for you to arrive with all the answers. He is waiting for you to arrive. That's it. With your lack. With your confusion. With the weight you woke up carrying this morning.

Because look at how plain the verse is — it doesn't send you hunting for a formula, it doesn't tell you to consult ten people, it doesn't ask you to get your thoughts in order first. It tells you to ask God. The wisest prayer you pray today might be the simplest one you've ever prayed — "Lord, I don't know. Teach me." Four words. No decoration. No ceremony. That honesty is exactly what opens the door.

And there's something else here we can't let slip past: God gives without reproach. James chooses that word deliberately. No scolding. No frown. No rolling of the eyes because you came back with the same question for the third time this week. God does not grow weary of you. He does not sigh with impatience when you show up again with the same doubt. He gives. Generously. Gladly.

Think about that. How much of our day do we spend pretending we know, trying to look like we have the answer, afraid that asking for help is a sign of weakness? And here is God saying — no, my child. Ask. That is exactly why I am here.

And the promise at the end of that verse carries no conditional. It doesn't say "maybe." It doesn't say "perhaps." It says: it will be given him. Full stop. No one who asks God for wisdom walks away empty-handed. No one. That is the guarantee — not that the decision will be easy, not that the road ahead will be painless, but that you will not face the trial alone, in the dark, without direction.

So today, before breakfast, before you reach for your phone, before you start solving the day — stop. Think about the one decision that is weighing on you most right now. You know which one it is. Say its name out loud. And then, in one honest sentence — just one — ask God for wisdom over it. Not a speech. Not a list. One true sentence. That is enough. That is the beginning.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.