James 1: 2-8
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Even though the world tells us to be joyful and to bless the Lord at all times how easy is that really? We are supposed to have the Spirit of God so we should be able to live according to Matthew 11: 28-30 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
If we are to learn from Jesus then why is it that the things He found so easy to do are virtually impossible for us to do. No matter what the situation Jesus still counted it all joy. Even when He was on the cross He still blessed the Lord. He was faithful to the very end. Some of us don't even realize He gave His life it wasn't taken. Jesus came in the form of flesh so just like us He had free will but He was so submissive, so obedient that He died for what He believed in. How many of us are that passionate about the Gospel (Selah)
For us it is so hard to count it all joy, it seems like when one things happens everything begins to fall apart. Is there a reason for this God promised us rest right? Verse 28 says it if we labor and are heavy laden He will give us rest. The part we fail to zero in on is where He says take MY yoke upon you and learn of me. See our burdens are so heavy because even though we think we walk after the spirit we are in truth walking after the flesh. Now I know some of you are think I know I walk after the spirit, but how quickly we forget.
Think about the last time you had a bad week, not a bad day but week maybe even month. Everything that could go wrong did, and even though you got some major things accomplished you can't see the forest for the trees. You just feel defeated "man if I woulda did this, I shoulda did that, I can't do this." News flash you can't go back and do anything over, but what you can do is go back and right them wrongs. We will make mistakes and thank God for grace but always remember James said we fall into diverse situations. Christians fall into sin we DO NOT sin intentionally again we fall into sin. What does the word have to say about that fall?
The word tells us to count it all joy. Now there are some of us who will try and be sarcastic oh I just lost my car Thank You Jesus and not mean it but truly count it all joy. This means God is trying to work something out in you this mean God has found you faithful enough to know that He can put you through some things and you won't turn your back on Him. So saints of the most high God COUNT IT ALL JOY.....Shout unto the Lord with a voice of triumph because God says you are more than a conqueror.........
So today I leave you with this
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Even though the world tells us to be joyful and to bless the Lord at all times how easy is that really? We are supposed to have the Spirit of God so we should be able to live according to Matthew 11: 28-30 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
If we are to learn from Jesus then why is it that the things He found so easy to do are virtually impossible for us to do. No matter what the situation Jesus still counted it all joy. Even when He was on the cross He still blessed the Lord. He was faithful to the very end. Some of us don't even realize He gave His life it wasn't taken. Jesus came in the form of flesh so just like us He had free will but He was so submissive, so obedient that He died for what He believed in. How many of us are that passionate about the Gospel (Selah)
For us it is so hard to count it all joy, it seems like when one things happens everything begins to fall apart. Is there a reason for this God promised us rest right? Verse 28 says it if we labor and are heavy laden He will give us rest. The part we fail to zero in on is where He says take MY yoke upon you and learn of me. See our burdens are so heavy because even though we think we walk after the spirit we are in truth walking after the flesh. Now I know some of you are think I know I walk after the spirit, but how quickly we forget.
Think about the last time you had a bad week, not a bad day but week maybe even month. Everything that could go wrong did, and even though you got some major things accomplished you can't see the forest for the trees. You just feel defeated "man if I woulda did this, I shoulda did that, I can't do this." News flash you can't go back and do anything over, but what you can do is go back and right them wrongs. We will make mistakes and thank God for grace but always remember James said we fall into diverse situations. Christians fall into sin we DO NOT sin intentionally again we fall into sin. What does the word have to say about that fall?
The word tells us to count it all joy. Now there are some of us who will try and be sarcastic oh I just lost my car Thank You Jesus and not mean it but truly count it all joy. This means God is trying to work something out in you this mean God has found you faithful enough to know that He can put you through some things and you won't turn your back on Him. So saints of the most high God COUNT IT ALL JOY.....Shout unto the Lord with a voice of triumph because God says you are more than a conqueror.........
So today I leave you with this
Romans 8:36-39
36 As it is written:
“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Be blessed saints, I pray this word fall on good ground and produces fruit in your life. May the grace of our Lord the communion of the Holy Spirit and the love of God be with you all.
Most of the time we miss the most important fact (those of us that profess the name of Christ) is that most of us are not saved! We have not come to God with a repentant heart. and we have not realized there is not salvation without regeneration.
ReplyDeleteThe bible tells us that no man seeks after God, Which convicts not just the Jews but the whole world of the transgression of the first commandment. Because no man seeks after God, God must draw us to Himself by His Spirit.
In the Book of Ezekiel, God says "I will give you a heart of flesh and a new spirit" but most of us are of the same spirit we were before we came to God. We can't "count it all joy" because we are trying to reach joy through our own strength, the spirit of God is not in us. So we can't find joy, we can't know the Peace of Christ. Because the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) is not in us.
If it is hard counting it all joy than you are finding you joy in the world and not God.
we must see the fruit of the spirit as a measuring stick of the working of the Holy Spirit. if all 9 fruits are not working in you than it may be that God is not working in you.