Day 67 - James 4:1-6

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James 4:1-6 in context:
James 3:13-18 speaks of true and false wisdom; and how true wisdom leads to peace. James follows that up, in 4:1-6, showing that false wisdom leads to arguing and fighting, showing then how that happens and where it comes from. James 4:7-12 will then emphasize how to fight pride and selfish desires through humility before God.

James 4:1-6 (my paraphrase):
What causes all the fights that you are having? Don't you understand that it is the selfish desires that reside within you? You covet something but cannot have it, so you live in bitterness and hatred. You covet something and cannot have it so you fight and argue about it. You don't even ask God about it. And when you do, you ask Him with wrong selfish motives. That makes you an adulterer in a spiritual sense. You have become a friend of the world and an enemy of God. Don't you understand that God put His Spirit in you and is jealous for your wholehearted devotion? But, God gives His undeserved favor, with this: God opposes the proud but gives grace to the HUMBLE.