James 5:7-8 NLT
(7) Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.
(8) You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Do you look forward to the returning of the Lord? Is your heart heavy for a place it has not been before? These things point to a life set apart for God’s purpose. Though action is required to prove you are who you claim to be it is the heart that reveals the motive behind the actions. Just as the farmer must plant the fields with his own hands so must you be busy about the Lord’s work and like the farmer who looks forward to the harvest so do those who love God look forward to His return.
So set aside those things that so easily beset you and I pray that God gives you a clearer vision of those things which hold true value, those things that are eternal instead of the temporary. Be glad when trials come your way because we know through these things God will cause us to be the person we are meant to be. In the same way be carefully aware of becoming someone in a position of being served rather than serving others.
James 5:5 NLT
(5) You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
God’s righteousness cannot be taken lightly. The Webster dictionary explains righteousness this way, “acting in accord with divine or moral law: free from guilt or sin.” There is only one free from guilt or sin, for we have all fallen short of the glory of God but because of what Jesus has done for us we may also be declared righteous.
Romans 3:23-24 NLT
(23) For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.
(24) Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins.
(7) Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.
(8) You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near.
Do you look forward to the returning of the Lord? Is your heart heavy for a place it has not been before? These things point to a life set apart for God’s purpose. Though action is required to prove you are who you claim to be it is the heart that reveals the motive behind the actions. Just as the farmer must plant the fields with his own hands so must you be busy about the Lord’s work and like the farmer who looks forward to the harvest so do those who love God look forward to His return.
So set aside those things that so easily beset you and I pray that God gives you a clearer vision of those things which hold true value, those things that are eternal instead of the temporary. Be glad when trials come your way because we know through these things God will cause us to be the person we are meant to be. In the same way be carefully aware of becoming someone in a position of being served rather than serving others.
James 5:5 NLT
(5) You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
God’s righteousness cannot be taken lightly. The Webster dictionary explains righteousness this way, “acting in accord with divine or moral law: free from guilt or sin.” There is only one free from guilt or sin, for we have all fallen short of the glory of God but because of what Jesus has done for us we may also be declared righteous.
Romans 3:23-24 NLT
(23) For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.
(24) Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Christ Jesus when He freed us from the penalty for our sins.
Not only must we believe in Him, who He is, and what He has done but we must also have hearts that are turned towards Him and love Him and if we say that we love Him then our hands and feet will be busy about His work until the Lord’s return.
