Faith Works: Taking a Test
08/31/08
Dr. Phil Wilkes, James 1:1-8
It doesn’t make sense to tell someone to rejoice when you face trials of various kinds. Yet that is exactly what James suggests to Christians in this passage. He goes on to explain how God can be at work in your life in the midst of the trials and storms. He says that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance in your life. Your faith is so important to God that He may allow some trials to come into your life in order to use those things to build and strengthen your faith. In the midst of the trials James reminds us that we have a loving Father who wants to help us. He tells us to ask God for wisdom and be willing to follow through on what God reveals to you. In the trials you face God is with you and He can in the midst of the difficulty do a good work in you.
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It doesn’t make sense to tell someone to rejoice when you face trials of various kinds. Yet that is exactly what James suggests to Christians in this passage. He goes on to explain how God can be at work in your life in the midst of the trials and storms. He says that the testing of your faith will develop perseverance in your life. Your faith is so important to God that He may allow some trials to come into your life in order to use those things to build and strengthen your faith. In the midst of the trials James reminds us that we have a loving Father who wants to help us. He tells us to ask God for wisdom and be willing to follow through on what God reveals to you. In the trials you face God is with you and He can in the midst of the difficulty do a good work in you.
Podcast