Let
Patience Have Its Perfect Work
My brethren, count it all
joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith
produces patience. But let patience have
its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James
1:2-4
Andrew Murray said the
following in 1895: In time of trouble say: First
God brought me here. It is by His will I am in this strait place. In that
I will rest. Next He will keep me
in His love and give me grace in this trial to behave as His child. Then He will make the trial a
blessing, teaching me lessons He intends me to learn, and working in me the
grace He means to bestow. Last In His
good time He can bring me out again how and when He knows. I am here by Gods
appointment, in His keeping, under His training, for His time.
We want the instant
solution, the quick fix, but some things cannot be disposed of so readily; they
can only be accepted. God will keep us by His love. By His grace, we can rest
in Him.
When
God permits suffering, He also provides comfort.
Our
Daily Bread March 4, 2016