What happens when you ask God for a million dollars? Maybe I'm doing it wrong. It's never worked for me, probably not for you either. God's not a wish-granting genie but a lot of us keep hoping he will be. He rarely gives us exactly what we ask for. I've prayed for a lot of things that I've never received. I doubt I'm the only one. But I'm convinced there are some request the Lord always answers. Always. Every time.
James tells us to ask the Lord for wisdom and we'll get it. He's right. That's one of those slam-dunk prayers. It's the same with patience, trust and endurance. If you desire those characteristics of Christian maturity, you'll get them. Please understand, there's a big caveat to those request. A really big caveat. You're probably not going to like how the Lord teaches you those lessons. It's going to hurt, all growing pains do.
You're probably not going to get a Solomon moment. The way I understand the story, Solomon asked for wisdom and he got it, just like that. Instantly he was the wisest man on the planet. But for the rest of us it's going to take a while. Those lessons are learned slowly and painfully. Wisdom is learned through mistakes. Endurance is forged in suffering. Patience is gained by waiting. Trust grows in seasons of doubt.
Be careful what you ask the Lord for, you might just get it.
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