(James 1:1-4) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, greeting: My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations, knowing that the trying of your faith works patience. But let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing.
Commentary on James 1 by David Guzik
James regarded temptations as inevitable “count it all joy when you” not if you. The “count it all joy” is very interesting, it’s a change in my perspective. James doesn’t say to enjoy your trails or to feel it all joy, he said “count it all joy”, it’s a decision not a feeling. “Knowing that the trying of your faith works patience”, so my faith must be put under pressure in order for me to have “patience”, but then only if I count it as joy. Otherwise I am still grumbling and complaining and that’s not patience.
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