Wisdom

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1) wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters
a) the wisdom which belongs to men
1) spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs
2) the science and learning
3) the act of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice
4) the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or vision
5) skill in the management of affairs
6) devout and proper prudence in intercourse with men not disciples of Christ, skill and discretion in imparting Christian truth
7) the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living
b) supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God
1) to Christ
2) the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels in the formation and government of the world and the scriptures
How to receive the wisdom you need from G-d
[James 1:5] If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
[6] 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.
[7] For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
[8] A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
If any of you lacks wisdom, trials are a necessary time to seek wisdom from G-d. We often didn't know we needed wisdom until our trial. Once in a time of trial, we need to know if a particular trial is something G-d wants us to eliminate by faith or persevere in by faith. This requires wisdom! For in trials, we need wisdom a lot more than we need knowledge. Knowledge is raw information, but wisdom knows how to use it. Someone has said that knowledge is the ability to take things apart, but wisdom is the ability to put things together.
To receive wisdom, we simply ask of G-d - who gives wisdom generously (liberally), and without despising our request (without reproach).
Upbraideth, this is added, lest any one should fear to come too often to G-d… for he is ready ever to add new blessings to former ones, without any end or limitation. Knowing G-d's generosity that He never despises or resents us for asking for wisdom, should encourage us to ask Him often, we need to just understand that we have the G-d of the open hand, not the god of the clenched fist. Just beware of only seeking His hand more than seeking Him.
When we want wisdom, the place to begin is in the Bible. The place to end is in the Bible. True wisdom will always be consistent with G-d's Word. Our request for wisdom must be made like any other request - in faith, without doubting G-d's ability or desire to give us His wisdom. This shows the kind of heart we need in seeking G-d's wisdom from the Scriptures: a heart that believes G-d's Word, and believes it speaks to us today.
With no wavereth or doubting let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the L-rd. The one who doubts and lacks faith should not expect to receive anything from the L-rd. This lack of faith and trust in G-d also shows that we have no foundation, being unstable in all our ways.
To ask G-d, but to ask Him in a doubting way, shows that we are double-minded. If we had no faith, we would never ask at all. If we had no unbelief, we would have no doubting. To be in the middle ground between faith and unbelief is to be double-minded.
The man who came to Y’Shua and said L-rd, I believe; help my unbelief (Mark 9:24) was not double-minded. He wanted to believe, and declared his belief. His faith was weak, but it wasn't tinged with a double-minded doubt.
To be sometimes lifted up by faith, and then thrown down again by distrust--to mount sometimes towards the heavens, with an intention to secure glory, and honour, and immortality, and then to sink again in seeking the ease of the body, or the enjoyments of this world--this is very fitly and elegantly compared to a wave of the sea, that rises and falls, swells and sinks, just as the wind tosses it higher or lower, that way or this. A mind that has but one single and prevailing regard to its spiritual and eternal interest, and that keeps steady in its purposes for G-d, will grow wise by afflictions, will continue fervent in its devotions, and will be superior to all trials and oppositions.
The cure of a wavering spirit and a weak faith, the Apostle James shows the ill effects of these:
1. In asking for divine and heavenly wisdom we are never likely to prevail if we have not a heart to prize it above rubies, and the greatest things in this world.
2. When our faith and spirits rise and fall with second causes, there will be great unsteadiness in all our conversation and actions. This may sometimes expose men to contempt in the world; but it is certain that such ways cannot please G-d nor procure any good for us in the end. While we have but one G-d to trust to, we have but one G-d to be governed by, and this should keep us even and steady. He that is unstable as water shall not excel.
Ignorance is ‘a choose’ and can not be used as an excuse. Whatever your interest is calls for discipline in applying yourself. The word ignorance is the opposite of wisdom in the use of knowledge and is used 17 times in Scripture.
Lack of knowledge:
Hosa 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee…