Infertility Encouragement from Sarah's LaughterSample

God, I Need Wisdom!

When we come face to face with infertility, there are mountains of decisions that must be made. Questions bombard us with unyielding tenacity, and each demands an answer. Do we seek treatment? If so, how do we pay for it? How far will we go? Should we consider adoption? Is this God’s will for our lives? Is this God’s way of telling us to stop? Each decision must be weighed carefully, for the outcome could have eternal ramifications. How do we make the right decision?

Who understands our past, our present and our future better than God? We seek answers from doctors, from support groups, from family members and friends, and that is all well and good. But when we face the difficult decisions of infertility, don’t forget to cry out to God for His wisdom in knowing what to do.

Can you imagine if you asked your friend for a dollar and you got this response:

“I’ll loan you this dollar, you lazy, good-for-nothing moron! It’s amazing that you’re not smart enough to get a job good enough to provide for your family so you have to come to me. What a loser!”

I’ll bet you wouldn’t ask her for anything else any time soon. How wonderful that God doesn’t respond this way when we ask for His wisdom. He doesn’t answer our request with: “You sorry, worthless servant. I knew you’d never figure this out on your own. When will you ever learn?” No. God grants us His wisdom generously and without reproach. I believe it thrills the heart of God when we approach Him and lean on His wisdom for small decisions as well as the life changing ones.

The only requirement God lays on us is that we must ask for His wisdom in full faith. Believe that He is who He says He is, and that He will do what He says He will do. Consider a beach ball that gets caught in the waves on the beach. It gets slung around with every wave and every wind. God says that when we doubt, we’re just like that beach ball. We must believe when we ask God for wisdom. Our faith must stay strong even when He chooses to move in ways we cannot understand. When we approach God with unwavering faith, He promises His wisdom in our lives.