Daily Devotions

Who do you call when you’re in trouble? Where do you look for wisdom to make the right decisions?
Proverbs 2:6 says, “For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.”
The prerequisite to obtaining help in dealing with our troubles is to realize that we lack sufficient wisdom to sort them all out! The argument is this: “When facing trials, it is important to know how to cope with them. The only way we will be able to understand these trials and respond to them properly is by asking for the wisdom that only God can give.”
When our friends and loved ones are going through trials, we may think we see what God is doing through the ordeal. But when we are the sufferers, when we are the ones going through the fire, viewing the situation through God’s perspective is a little more difficult. For this reason we are to ask God for wisdom.
As James, in James 1:5, motivates the troubled believer to seek wisdom, he describes God in such a way as to make us wonder why we have waited so long to reach out for His help.
We know from the Scriptures that God is the source of true wisdom. He is a good God who is not partial to any. He always answers the prayer for wisdom, never turning away such a request. He may not always answer on our time schedule, but He always answers!
So, where do you turn for help? Where do you turn when you need wisdom? My friend, call out to God, for He will give you the knowledge and understanding you need.