Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, your will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. But when you ask Him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person divided with loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of th sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do. (vv.2-8, NLT)