But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
Every man lacks wisdom to bear affliction and glorify God in suffering. Go to the fountain of wisdom Himself. God's liberality without upbraiding, He neither reproaches your frequency in asking nor your unworthiness, joined to His promise engages you to pray with faith and perseverance.
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Wisdom here means understanding that affliction works for our salvation, not against it. Our minds naturally rebel at this; we must ask God to illuminate us by His Spirit, for we cannot bear trials with patience unless He sustains us with this conviction.
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This wisdom is what enables you to count trials all joy and let patience have her perfect work. God gives simply, without upbraiding you with past sin or future abuse of His goodness, a graciousness the best physicians show their patients by denying what harms them, not granting it.
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