DAVID JEREMIAH TURNING POINT DEVOTIONAL 14 NOVEMBER 2022 MONDAY MESSAGE
Read David Jeremiah Devotional (Turning Point) 14th November 2022
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. – James 1:2-3
Recommended Reading: James 1:1-7
David Jeremiah Devotional 14 November 2022 Message
Christians are often told, “Be careful what you pray for!” If we pray for patience, we will likely encounter interruptions, delays, and distractions. If we pray for generosity, we will likely meet with people or situations that could benefit from our resources. And if we pray for perseverance, we will likely experience trials and tribulations. In other words, character traits are only developed by situations which test those traits in our life.
When James wrote his letter to believers who had been scattered abroad, he told them that the testing of their faith would produce patience (or perseverance, in some translations). And that patience has a goal: our spiritual and emotional maturity. Immature people become discouraged easily. Therefore, we need experiences which will teach us not to become discouraged and will make us more mature. Another way of saying “maturity” is Christlikeness. God uses everything in life—especially the hard things—to conform us to the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).
If you experience troubles or trials today, look for how you might grow more mature by exercising patience and perseverance. And be careful how you pray!
We persevere through faith and never apart from it. – Sinclair Ferguson
Read-Thru-the-Bible: Acts 8 – 9
David Jeremiah Turning Point Devotional 14th November 2022 Message. Turning Point was founded in 1982 as the broadcast ministry of Dr. David Jeremiah to deliver the unchanging Word of God to an ever-changing world.