God for wisdom but doubting while you are doing it (1:5–6). Doubting, discriminating: the same word, meaning vacillating, wavering, making distinctions. If you discriminate in your love, you reveal your doubts about whether God is in control. You’ve begun to judge the situation with evil thoughts: “God may not be in control of my job, my career, so I’d better play favorites with this executive, and ignore the other family.” “God may not be in control of my children’s future, so I need to be partial
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