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Let patience have her perfect work
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing. (James 1:3-4)
We often overlook the fact that
temptation and patience are opposites. Temptation is demanding immediate
gratification of a desire; patience is but to except God’s delay. Yet
temptation is set as a handmaid to the godly mind identifying the need
for patience in the tempted area. Paul says on another occasion, "the
resisting of temptation builds character". It is no different than
weight-lifting or resistance training as an athlete. The heavy lifting
of maintaining a Christ-like disposition creates spiritual muscle.
Temptation masquerades as a short-cut to a legitimate desire. The answer
to temptation is patience. A little patience will beget more patience
for a greater blessing. Yet patience is not waiting in a vacuum; rather,
it is preoccupied with both theology and prayer; that is, studying
God’s ways and acquiring His wisdom. For what God desires to give you in
all things is Himself and that through patience. Realize there are no
short-cuts and let patience have her perfect work.
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