James A ship will make it to port if the captain sets a course and follows it, but it will never arrive at its destination if it just drifts aimlessly upon the sea, tossed to and fro by the wind and the waves. The epistle of James says that if we ask God in faith for the wisdom we need, He will give it to us – but if we doubt the Lord, we are like a ship that is driven and tossed by the wind and the waves.