Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Wed 8th July – Read James 5:7-9
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Wed 8th July – Read James 5:7-9
V7-8: He calls his readers to be patient – by implication, under trials and testings – really, a focus of the whole letter. We too should be patient in trials, looking to God and to the Lord’s return and the future and eternal vindication of all His people. We are called to be “steadfast (James 1:3-4 ) under any time of testing. He uses the example of a farmer, patiently waiting for the harvest in its due season, after all God’s provision for it’s growth. We too are to be patient, waiting for the final and eternal harvest when Christ comes again. Indeed, as Christ’s
redeemed, we are that harvest – see 1 Corinthians 15:23.
V9: And we must be aware that He comes as Judge, and we too must stand before Him, so returning to an earlier theme, we must not think to judge others, or speak badly of them (James 4:11-12.) Do we stop to think how our Lord, our judge to come, regards the way we sometimes treat each other?