His heart goes out to His child who is suffering trials but we must go through these trials if we want perfection and peace.
#ENDURANCE MEANING FULL#
He is full of compassion and mercy (Jas.5:11). Someone says, "But God permitted Satan to take everything Job possessed! Isn't God concerned at all about man's lot on earth?" Yes, God is concerned about His people. He never allows His children to suffer needlessly. It is a peace and joy that is untouchable and completely independent of all the changes and circumstances of life.įrom Job we learn that God had a loving purpose in allowing His servant to go through trials. When we endure trials, James 5:11 says we are "blessed." That means we are highly favored because we are acceptable with God and that relationship brings peace and tranquility. Therefore, what we cannot control, we need to learn to endure. We need to learn that we can't control most of the circumstances of life. James uses Job as an illustration of how Christians should have his tranquility and peace in the midst of trials, troubles and tribulations. He said, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15). Job didn't understand the attack upon his fortune, family and flesh. In the book of Job, Job never really did find out why he suffered but even though Job didn't know what you and I know, Job endured. First, God humbles Job, then He honors Job by giving him twice as much as he had before.When Satan attacked Job, he was trying to shake his faith in God but he never succeeded.
In Job 4-31, we read of Job's DEFENSE, as he debates with this three friends and answers their false accusations. Satan attacked Job's fortune, family and flesh. It shows clearly the struggle of one who, while he cannot understand at the moment the why of suffering, he still endures in his faith toward God.
#ENDURANCE MEANING TRIAL#
The book of Job demonstrates the fact that a faithful man will bear any form of trial rather than forsake God. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful" (James 5:11). "Behold, we count those blessed who endured. If we will submit to the trials of life, we will not only become perfect and full-grown but. We can only become mature and full-grown when we learn to endure trials when they come.
James tells us there is no easy way to mature. Many Christians retreat from trials and they become spiritual creampuffs. Thus, trials round our more and more parts of our righteous character so we can be more what God wants us to be. Every time we endure, we are strengthened and are able to endure stronger trials in our lives. When a Christian faces trials, he can either give up in defeat or he can increase his capacity to endure and be steadfast in his commitment to the will of God. When we endure, that brings perfection or growth, the very thing Peter writes about in 2 Pet. And when our faith has been tested, and we pass the test, it produces endurance within us. Trials are like an uncomfortable furnace but it is beneficial because it tells us how genuine our faith is. The word 'testing' describes the ore that passes through the fire to separate the dross from the genuine ore. This can only be done by faith, seeing beyond the visible and looking to the invisible, spiritual things of God.Īs Christians, we should have grown to the point that we know that the "testing of our faith produces endurance" (Jas.l:3). James is talking about a joy that is able to look beyond the obstacle, problem or difficulty mid see the opportunity to become more like Jesus. James tells us to "count it all joy when we are encompassed by manifold trials" (1:2). If we learn to stick with it when troubles, trials, discouragement and difficulties come into our lives, there are three wonderful results. Literally, it means endurance under pressure, under testings, under trials.
If we fail to diligently endure, we are going to fall.Įndurance comes from a compound Greek word: hupo (under) + meno (to remain).
1 that if we practice all the wonderful qualities listed in verses 5-7, we "will never stumble" (2 Pet. (Many people fall in their Christian life for one reason: they quit, they drop out, they fail to stick with it.
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