I want to have greater faith in Jesus. I want to be a more mature believer. I want to increase in faithfulness to Him.

How do I get there?

First of all, I must keep Jesus as the focus and purpose of my life:

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2).

Then there’s this in today’s chapter:

“Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?” (James 2:22).

That is so neat!

How I live and what I do affect the development and maturity of my faith.

(Let me remember the downside to that — fleshly living affects my faith just as much as godly living.)

“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed” (James 1:6).

The asking here is for wisdom. That would be God’s views and truths about life and living.

When I ask for wisdom, I must ask with a faithful heart, not wavering in my commitment to live by wisdom which God gives me.

I looked up the verse in my Spanish Bible. Here’s my translation:

“But let him ask with faith, doubting nothing; for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, that is dragged by the wind and thrown from one place to another.”

The uncommitted one doubts God’s wisdom. He doesn’t live by it. As a result, he is extremely unsteady.

I don’t ever want to be that way.