Patience

May 27, 2017

Devotions:

        “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” ‭James‬ ‭1:2-4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

        God has already provided all that we need by the sacrifice of Jesus.  We must access it by faith. Intentionally take the promise of God and believe in His great love that is back of those promises and act and speak like they are true.  James tells us that we are to count it all joy when we fall into temptations, test or trials.  As we stand in faith to see the answer the enemy will do all that he can to delay our answer.  We must stand in patience.  Patience is not just out lasting the enemy but while we are standing we are continuously saying the same thing, what the word says. The more we stand on the word, meditate the word and speak the word of the promise the more confident that we become that God will not faith His word.  James says here that we will see the results and we will be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.  We then become secure in the Father's love for us and we build a testimony for ourselves and the world and to use against the enemy.  We become secure in the existence of God and the truthfulness of His word.