A Daily Devotional – James, the Epistle – Personal Meditation
Comment: Here we are; at the end of a very
practical epistle. James has provided practical understanding for both the Jew
and the Gentile. In that, ‘faith’ by itself is impractical for the child of
God. The testing from God and the temptations of the devil are common among God’s
children, these two realities of life will mature you and me by using our faith
in God for His glory (Rom 8:28-30). I would encourage us to read and meditate
on Romans 8:1-39 as I believe this chapter in Romans; also, solves the
challenges revealed in the epistle of James.
Devotional: Personal
faith in God does not mean that the object of my faith is me, but it does mean
that I chose to believe in Jesus/Messiah (The Christ) and that He alone is the
reliable object of my faith. Thus, everything that comes into my life ought to
be processed through the Holy Spirit of Life in Christ by faith, because I have
been freed from indwelling sin – Romans 8:1-11 and through the Spirit I also am
God’s child – Romans 8:12-17.
Suffering (testing and temptations) are present in me,
but I know through the Spirit and the outworking of personal faith, that this
love for God is causing all things to come together for His glory – Romans 8:18-30.
If God is for us (and He is) who can lay charge against us; Psalm 44:17-36 a
Psalm of the sons of Korah compared with Romans 8:31-39 reveal that the
sufferings of this present day are the same as those throughout time, in this
we can take great comfort knowing that all the children of God suffer.
James 5:19-20 – It is possible that these common
sufferings could cause a child of God to wander from the Truth. Also, it is
possible for someone to turn that wandering one back to the LORD. If God opens
that door for you or me to bring a brother or sister back from a multitude of
sins by failing to walk in the Spirit by faith, God will forgive and deliver
that one from the sin unto death. Confidence in the LORD and compassion
on the sinning one, is the practical faith that James writes about – 1 John
5:14-17.
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