Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. – James 1:4 Photo Credit: Google images
Written Tue, November 7th
Bonjour,
In the last couple of days my faith has been tested, and every time I find myself at wits’ end. Last night I came to a conclusion. This is a test. And this is temptation. Look how I have continued to fail. Do I really want to be like Jesus – inside out?!!
Or do I just want to be a super star; hardened and stiff in her ways?
I find myself demanding my right lately. Wanting what I want, and going after it with all zealousness. Is that what Jesus would have done? Did he pursue with all zealousness what He wanted? Are you pursuing what you want, are you demanding your right?
I find myself resisting the fiery furnace lately; resisting vehemently oppositions and misunderstandings. Instead of meekness I display anger. This is entitlement. Did Jesus feel entitled? If He did, then He couldn’t have gone to the cross willingly. What am I becoming?
Are you resisting oppositions? Are you demanding your right at all times? Or are you allowing patience to have it’s way in you?
I’m tired of resisting the Holy Spirit, so I repent. Let patience have it’s way in me. For the Fruit of the Spirit is …Patience.
Listen to this: When we resist the work of love or patience or temperance, or perseverance, or kindness or goodness etc. in us, it is not just the process we resist. We actually resist the work of the Holy Spirit. We refuse to be changed from inside out. We resist becoming like Jesus.
James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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