"But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind."
We are commanded to plead with the Lord for wisdom. The word for ask in this verse means to "beg, desire, call for, crave." This is how valuable the wisdom of God is. And guess what... it doesn't come naturally. Earthly wisdom appeals to earthly creatures so we must learn to crave the things of heaven.
"Friendship with the world is enmity with God." James 4:4
Heavenly wisdom does not coincide with earthly wisdom on even one point.
Consider Noah, Abraham, David, Esther, Daniel...
James compares those who waver between belief and doubt to "a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind"
Driven by the wind! Waves go far out beyond the shore and come back when the wind decides. They are unpredictable because they have no loyalties.
They don't have any real 'pistis,' any real faith; their faith is dependent on feeling and not fact, on circumstance and not on God.
Doubt discriminates, judges and is hostile while faith has determined fidelity. Doubt is pointless and hopeless where faith has hope in something greater than itself. Doubt wavers and is at variance with itself while faith is sure and grounded. Doubt is blind and driven by wind; faith sees the invisible...
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