"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
It takes a certain amount of wisdom to recognize that you don't have enough, but having made such a realization, there is an appropriate course of action. Ask for it. God will give it and not in meager proportions. He will give wisdom with generosity. But there is a requirement beyond just making a request. It's not an additional requirement but a clarification as to how we are to make the request. We are to ask in faith without doubting. Why? Because the doubter is unstable. An unstable person will not receive anything from God.
But why would God withhold wisdom or any other thing from someone simply because they were unstable or double-minded? I need to meditate on that question.
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