James 1:6-8 "Let him ask continuously without a hint of questioning or deliberating in his mind whether he will receive."

 Why is this? Why must we not question God's willingness to give? Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith you do not have the power to be well-pleasing to Him. For if we doubt His willingness to give then we doubt who He is. And if we doubt who He is, then we doubt His very existence. And since He is the 'I AM', the self-existent one, then doubting Him is doubting His glory or goodness. Therefore do not have even a hint of questioning in your mind when you ask. For His word also says, "for he who asks continuously, shall receive".

But why are we like the waves if we doubt? He isn't speaking of the ocean here, this word is thalassa or sea as in the Sea of Galilee. Waves of the ocean will get to shore regardless of the wind, however the waves in a sea like the Sea of Galilee, start for shore by the tidal pull of the moon, however, if a storm arises the wind can blow the waves wherever the wind is blowing. We can start for the receiving of God's promise but, if we are like the waves of a sea, we will be blown off course and doubt God by any contrary circumstance that comes along. God would rather us be like ocean waves and reach our destination regardless of the outside forces acting against us. For this shows Him and all of nature that we have faith in Him above all.

How does this show that? Let's go back to the waves. Why is it that the ocean waves will follow the tidal pull more than any outside force that acts on it, where the waves of a sea can be blown about by a strong wind? Simply put the moon has a stronger influence or pull on the ocean than the sea. The ocean has more mass than a sea; therefore the moon exerts more of a gravitational pull on the ocean than the sea. Look at it as the degree to which we believe God will cause us to be pulled more by Him and His Word than outside forces. So the point at which we start to question, is the point at which our faith stops. So if we will believe what God has told us until someone else says something different, that is the end of our faith. If we believe God until we see something that says the opposite, that is the end of our faith. However, if we believe God regardless of any outside force, then God is the end of our faith. At what point do you start to question what God has said?  Or do you view Him as a tyrant that will force you to do as He pleases?  Or do you view Him as the loving Father, who is also the Creator and Ruler of the universe, that He is?