Good Morning,
James 1:2-5 states:
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.
It is amazing what we can accomplish in life when we allow the Lord into our lives. But, it is deeper than that. We have to allow the Lord to be the Lord and not limit His ability with our standards. If our belief in the Lord is the size of our fist, then how much can he do? If we allow God to be the vast being that He is, what he can do is so much more. We must remember to not put our limits on Him.
For example, if we have faith in the Lord that He can help us out through a tough time, like when we are sick, or injured, than He will be able to do His work in our lives. If our situation is made more difficult, like having financial or marital issues on top of the injury and we lose hope, we have just limited God. To say that He can help us when our problems are small, but not when our problems are big is to put our limitations on the most unlimited being in the universe.
When tough times come, God is testing us. When the going gets tough, the tough continue to have faith.
Another aspect of this is patience. There is very seldomly an overnight success. Most successes come after long periods of study, practice and hard work. This takes patience and perseverance. When God works through us, He works through His time, not ours.
To put a time limit on how long we must wait for God to work in our lives is again putting human limitations on the Lord. How long did Abraham have to wait for God to deliver on His promise of Abraham and Sarah having a child? It was over 20 years wasn’t it?
We must have faith that whatever situations we find ourselves in God will help us if we remain faithful and patient for Him to work in our lives on His timetable.
Enjoy!
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