James 1:5-8

After telling us how trials make us complete, we are told that if we lack wisdom we should ask for it in faith, without doubting. We must believe that God can do it, but I think the emphasis of this statement contextually is that we must want God to do it. We cannot falter in our desire for wisdom. Wisdom will come through trials. If you aren't willing to face the trials, then you don't really want the wisdom. You say, I want one, but without the other. That's double-mindedness and it shows a lack of faith. If you want one but aren't willing to go through the other, then you don't really want the one, and God's not going to give it to you.