Have faith, the faith He gives you, and believe!

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

If this is instruction, how many of us do this? If not, and it is instruction, what are we missing by not doing it, counting it all joy?

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

Do we have patience? Do we lack it? Follow #1, count it all joy! This has to be possible, otherwise He would not tell us to do it, what kind of a Father would He be if He asked us to do something that was not possible!

4 But let patience have its perfect work,

Ooh, do I do that, do I even let patience work in me at all some days, so, what if I don't, and what happens if I do:

"that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing."

Perfect and complete, lacking nothing?! Whaaa, have I ever even heard this preached from any pulpit, except for maybe some crazy charismatic church, but their crazy..so does God really intend us to be perfect and holy, is that what He made us to be? And that "lacking nothing" REALLY? I can lack nothing....He says it, is His Word true, can it really be used for correction, teaching and reproof?


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.

If I ask for wisdom, it will be given, and liberally...how come we seem to be able to believe this more than Him making us perfect and holy by the way?

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting,

Is this a catch....so I have to believe without doubting...so if I doubt, it aint' workin', right?

for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

Don't we feel like that sometimes? It's a place n the sea He never intended us to be!

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Whoa, this is definitely not preached, we won't receive anything from the Lord if we doubt, wow, I guess He wants me to believe, if not:

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

It seems I meet a ton of believers that seem really unstable, and it's really sad, it is REALLY sad. What are we missing as believers...when we don't believe...."Lord, let us have faith, let us believe, in Jesus Name, amen!"