James 1:5-8: Asking Boldly – Wednesday, September 28, 2022
If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. The Lord loves to help.
Again today James gives us something to chew on. When we don’t know what we are doing, pray. When we feel disoriented or overwhelmed, go to God.
You’ll get God’s help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it.
God loves to accept our petitions with loving care. Christ wants to raise us up to share his intimate relationship with God. The Spirit longs to abide and nourish us when we are weary.
Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought.
Jesus tells us frequently that when we knock the door is opened. We have only to live and act in him to realize this gift.
People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.
When we lay down the foundation of our lives we have the choice of building on solid rock or sand. When we construct the precepts that govern our lives we have the choice of building in Christ or going our own way. When we struggle the all that overwhelms and wears us down, let us not hesitate to use frank words in our conversations with God.
When we spend time with these verses, we find that James recommends to us how we might have a right attitude and how what we are to do in times of trial. We are to act: boldly in Christ, believingly in God, and without a second thought . . . always in the Spirit.
Tomorrow, a heavenly perspective.
Use the scripture link to examine various versions of these verses to see which most plainly and clearly.
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