This is the oldest house on Nantucket Island which is off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. We are facing truly tough times with the economy, world stability as well as environmental and energy issues. The problem is, no one seems to have an answer to any these problems. More time is used discussing the issues than finding solutions! Someone said that if we would just lift our eyes a bit higher and away from the problems, we can redirect our focus to God.
James 1:5 says "But if any of you is coming short of wisdom, let him be asking Yahweh, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not and it shall be given him;"
Now there don't seem to be restrictions on the sort of wisdom that is available. It can be help in making decisions on how to be more effective in one's ministry which appears to be the original context, but we can ask for anything that concerns us. Notice the verse says that Yahweh gives to all freely and does not upbraid or scold us for asking. God wants us to ask Him! The following verse tells us that the main ingredient is faith: "But let him be asking in faith, nothing doubting..."
God nor His Son, Yeshua (Jesus), wants us to be so preoccupied with the thorns and thistles of this life that we fail to bear fruit for the Kingdom. Yeshua spoke a very true parable recorded for us in Luke 12:16. It was about a rich man whose crop offered a very high yield one season. He began to make plans to bank his profits and retire early as it were! He had all the angles calculated except one. Verse 20 begins..."But Yahweh said unto him, Simple one! on this very night they are asking thy soul from thee; the things then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?"
Well, it's pretty clear he wasn't taking them with him! There was nothing wrong with being rich for obviously God blessed this man with a bumper crop. The point is that he was self absorbed and not rich towards Yah. Ecclesiastes 10:10 says "...there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, (the grave), whither thou art going." In verse 11 of that same chapter it says, "... not to the swift was the race nor to the strong the battle, nay! nor to the wise the food nor yet to the intelligent riches nor even to the well informed comeliness, for time and accident happened to them all."
Reality check right? No matter how things may appear, the outcome is not always as we think it would be. That's why we have to ask for wisdom to get our eyes off of how things appear and look to God for a clearer vision of what's really important. In the end, it is what we do for God and His Son Yeshua as well as others that matter.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, please give me a wise heart and a clear vision to see what is really important in life. Lord Messiah, let me keep my eyes fixed on you, the Author and Perfecter of my faith.
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