Names of God: Through Thanksgiving & Christmas / Day 18

Names of God: Through Thanksgiving & Christmas

Day 18 of 30 James urges believers to remain steadfast in their trust in the Lord despite the suffering they are enduring. James encourages them to seek the Lord for wisdom, specifically during trials, never doubting that the Lord will supply their needs.  When believers trust God's love, God's timing, and God's plan for them, they can wait patiently for Him to do mighty works in their lives. Many times anxiety and doubt can lead believers to try to get ahead of God. Christians can find themselves out of the will of God, struggling to keep something that they were not destined by God to have at that particular time. A Christian's focus must be on God's love for her. By resting in that love, a Christian has the security of knowing that God has her exactly where she needs to be for her own good and for His purpose.  Are you struggling with anxiety or doubt because of a circumstance in which God has placed you? The solution is meditating on God's love for you so that you can rest assured that God has only good plans for your life and that all things will work out for the good.  Father God, I thank You for wisdom. Lord, help me to remain steadfast in You even when I'm in the midst of trials. Help me to focus on You when my faith is wavering. Help me to remember that You give generously and liberally to all whom You love. In Jesus' name. Amen.   James 1:1-7 James 1:1-7 NKJV 1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings. Profiting from Trials 2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;