Worship Team Devotional: James 1:2-4
- It turns our worldly ‘woe-is-me’ perspective into a sacred ‘more-you-less-me’ perspective. Our perspective is turned from seeing hardships as dragging us down, to God using them to build us up.
James 1:2-4 says, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
The world, and honestly some churches, preach that pursuing comfort and prosperity is the goal of life. James 1 tells us the opposite. The scripture says to consider trials as “pure joy” because trials are what God is using to perfect our faith. He sets us on the hard road with challenges before us; financial pressure, medical issues, loss, and any number of things. Then He walks with us down that road, helping us through those trials to produce perseverance. Perseverance produces maturity in faith, and a mature faith draws us closer to God, which produces pure joy.
Worship of our God and Savior fuels the engine of perseverance. Worship reminds us of who God is and what he has done for us and others throughout history. It turns our worldly ‘woe-is-me’ perspective into a sacred ‘more-you-less-me’ perspective. Our perspective is turned from seeing hardships as dragging us down, to God using them to build us up.
Prayer
Lord, thank you for the challenges set before us, for walking the hard road with us, and for loving us enough to build our faith, drawing us closer to you.
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