James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Think about these questions as you meditate on the verse. What does this verse teach me? How does this verse apply to my Life?
WHO’S IN THE LEAD?
Galatians 5:16-24
There are two leaders. Everyone is walking behind one or the other. The evil leader covers up so we shan’t suspect whom we’re walking behind. But the things he leads you to do are a sure telltale mark—selfish, passionate, sinful things. The other leader is as open as the things he leads you to do are good. An unselfish love welling up inside controls heart, and tongue, and head. Today’s life tells whom you are walking behind.
LIVE IT!
Mark 4:1-6; Mar_4:14-20
Jesus taught. But he lived what he taught. And he lived it first before he taught it. And he lived it most, more than even he ever could teach it. On the human side here was the great power of his teaching. He will teach us. We need it. We need it daily. But we must live it as we learn it; then we can teach it to others. This is the first rule in Jesus’ school.
JESUS IS PRAYING MOST NOW
John 17:9-21
Jesus is still praying. He ever lives to pray us through. Thirty years of living, three years of serving, one tremendous act of dying, nineteen hundred years of praying! What an emphasis on prayer! Yet all through, praying had its roots deep down in the living, and serving, and dying. And the prayer at heart is this: that love, real love, might flood our lives, purifying, unifying, and perfecting. Let us pray and—love.
FOOTING THE BILLS
Luke 14:25-35
Everything worthwhile costs. And you can tell its worth by how much it cost—somebody. It cost God much to give his only Son! It cost Jesus both reputation and life to save us. He saved others, but he couldn’t save himself from the awful cost of saving us. It costs to sin. Selfishness is awfully costly. And it costs to follow Jesus, really, truly, fully. But it’s worth all it costs, and immensely more.
PIPE-LINE PARTNERS
John 15:15-27
The Holy Spirit would bear witness of Jesus. “And ye also shall bear witness,” Jesus said. They added their bit. They could do nothing without the Holy Spirit. And, reverently let us say it, the Spirit could not do his work without them. They must let him use them as he needed. They became the pipe-line through which the water of life flowed. Are you an “also”? Are you adding your bit—your life? It is needed. That’s the plan.