This life is a wonderful vehicle that our Father uses to perfect His children into the image of His Son Jesus Christ. We must remember one clear truth, that our lives does not end when we take our last breath on this side of glory. Everything that we face on this side is conforming us and shaping us for the purpose of our next lives in eternity. We many times forget that our journey did not end at salvation but truly began at that point. We did not make it to the finish line, we only just got out of the starting blocks. Every trial we face has been allowed in our lives in order to perfect the Spirit Man in all of us so that we would be lacking nothing. This is a marvelous truth that we can rest our joy in!!! Whether you are a believer or not you will face hardships in this life, but it is only the believer who knows through the promises of the Word of God that these hardships are all working together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose. Many times these trials feel like pure fire when we are going through them and it is very, very, very difficult to say the least when we are in the midst of the flames. Yet we have a High Priest in the name of Jesus Christ and an internal intercessor in the name of the Holy Spirit who prays for what we truly need in each season. Continue to remember these truths and you will be able to count it as pure Joy in the midst of the trial or hardship. Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of experiencing the fire on purpose!!!!!
James 1
Trials and Temptations
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.
9 Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. 10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. 11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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