What You'll Never Know Until You Know That You Don't Know it.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (James 1:5)

What’s the first step, then, in receiving God’s wisdom?

“Ask,” I am always told when I ask a congregation.

“Nope,” I say.  “Lack.”

Unless you lack wisdom – that is, unless you know you lack wisdom – you’ll never ask God for it, James is telling us.

Perhaps wanting to look good in front of me, folks will sometimes list off their spiritual achievements:  “I know all about…”, “I have a great ability to…”, “Believe me, I understand how to…”, and so on.

This is a recipe for stagnation. 

I have a friend who says, “You can’t perceive what you can’t conceive.”  She uses it to mean the same as “you can’t know what you don’t know.”  

We’ve got a lot left to learn about God, life and relationships.  You’re healthy to know that.  When we think to ourselves, “Wow, I’ve got this all figured out,” we’re in trouble.

God promised, “I will show you great and wonderful things which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3).

Every day, God, help us to lack – wisdom, knowledge, love –  so that we can keep asking You for more.

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