Ask In Faith, Never Doubting
My brothers and sisters, whenever you
face trials of any kind, consider it nothing buy joy, because you know that the
testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full
effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom,
ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given
you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of
the sea, driven and tossed by the wind; for the doubter, being double-minded
and unstable in every way, must not expect to receive anything from the Lord.
Let the believer who is lowly boast in
being raised up, and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will
disappear like a flower in the field. For the sun rises with its scorching heat
and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the
same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.
Blessed is anyone who endures temptation.
Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord
has promised to those who love him.
What do you do when problems come
unannounced? We are told to accept them with joy. Accept the problems as a test
of endurance, and a test that can be won with endurance from faith in God.
Nothing can thwart the will of God. Nothing. Trials are unavoidable and unpredictable, and they
come in an unimaginable variety. Knowing that our sovereign God will walk with
us and use trials to deepen our maturity, we can joyfully accept them.
because of the joys
in the life to come.
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