Let it Grow

“So let it grow, for when your faith is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, need nothing.”
James 1:4


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My Take Aways

Something Old

Faith

  • Is tested (1:2).
  • Grows and fully develops when it is tested (1:2).
  • Needs nothing when it is fully developed (1:4).
  • Is not enough (2:17).
  • Is complete by our actions (2:22).
  • Is dead without good works (2:26).

James 1:2-4
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

Something New

God blesses those who

  • Patiently endue testing and temptation (1:12).
  • Obey His Word (1:25).

Something to Do

Tested faith is growing faith-let my faith grow.  Don’t stunt the growth of my faith by trying to hurry the trial along.

December
Colossians 2:7
“Let your roots grow down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him.  Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.”
(December 9, page 1586)

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