Got Wisdom? ASK!

Proverbs 4:7 (NIV): "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding."

As previously mentioned, this theme of "getting wisdom" is seen throughout Proverbs. This verse associates a cost with getting understanding, and it raises the question, "how?" How does one "get wisdom?" How does a person "get understanding?"

I believe the answers to those questions are very multifaceted and are discussed throughout Proverbs, but I like how the following verses in James break it down into something very simple... in a word, James advises us: ASK!

James 1:5-8 - "If you don't know what you're doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You'll get his help, and won't be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. 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."

Growing up, my dad had Isaac and I pray for "Wisdom and strength like Joseph and Daniel in the Bible."

So, in a word, today's thought is "ASK." Ask for wisdom. Ask for understanding. It is God's will to have these things. He wants us to be living intentionally, for Him, rather than being "adrift" with no purpose.

Are you consistently praying for (ASKING) for wisdom and understanding?