You may have seen an image that looks similar to this floating around the internet in the past year or so. I saw one of these on my cousin's Facebook page a while back and thought that it was interesting.
As interesting as it is, it is also a very relevant statement for our time. In James 1:5, James clearly states:
"If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally."
This is very interesting. If we want to gain knowledge about what path we need to be on in life or what is true and what is not, our first thoughts shouldn't be to turn to the internet or other sources of knowledge. As we all know, things found on the internet are not always the most reliable. But God is 100% reliable, and He can help us to find the answers that we are seeking throughout our lives. He is there for us and would love to answer our questions, but we have to put our trust in Him and not leave it completely in the hands of other sources such as the internet.
With all of our recent technological growth, it's hard not to find it easier to just go to the internet and look something up. I have found myself at some points becoming so frustrated with not being able to come to a decision on what I wanted to do for a career/major/etc. and actually typed in the words onto the Google search bar: "What should I do with my life?" Of course, I wasn't expecting to get an answer-or, if I got one, to get the correct answer for me. But I did searches on the internet about different things before I really turned to prayer and tried to get the answer from God, who will give us the correct answers all the time.
Even though we, as a society, have developed many methods of gaining knowledge, we have not outgrown our need for God. We will never outgrow this need, because He can take us to heights we would never be able to achieve on our own. But we have to remember to continue to rely on Him instead of "relying on the arm of the flesh."
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