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? I want to leave you with this; there was a woman that had a very large goiter (growth on her throat) who came to a meeting held by Smith Wigglesworth. Wigglesworth prayed for her and she glorified God for healing her. Smith came back to that same area a year later and that same woman came in and testified of how God had healed her the year before. That would not have been strange, except that everyone there could see the goiter was still there. However, she believed in God not the goiter. The next year, the same thing happened. Then the third year when she again testified of how God had healed her, people came up to her and asked how she could say God had healed her when the goiter was bigger than ever. That night she asked God to let others see His healing as she saw His healing. The next night when she came to service the goiter was gone. She knew her destination, and was not going to let anything keep her from it. God's pull on her faith was so great that no wind or doctrine could steer her away from the One she believed in. She was steadfast and God was the end of her faith.