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MAY 30
COUNT IT ALL JOY

Scripture:  James 1:2,3 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations:  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience,”

    James is writing here to instruct these believers in how to conduct themselves as they face persecutions.  In verse 2 he begins by telling them to be joyful even when they are tempted in various ways. They were not to be joyful because of the temptation, but “in” the temptation they were to count it all joy.  He tells them in verse 3 that the trying of their faith is for the purpose of working patience in their lives.  Let’s just admit it, it is hard to be joyful when bad things are happening in our lives! When persecutions come, when trials come, when afflictions come our way, it’s hard to shout Hallelujah!  While we may not be able to praise the Lord many times in our trials, we can still be joyful knowing that the trial and persecution that we face will all work out for our good.    
     The Lord is trying to make us and mold us into what we should be for His glory!  Though the way may be hard, He’s still living on the inside!  Though the storms may be strong, His grace is still sufficient!  Though the valley we walk through be long, He will be there in the most severe trials of life!  Because of this knowledge, we can “count it all joy”.  We can rejoice, because we know in the end, that we are going to be a better person, a better Christian, a better servant of the Lord for having gone through what we have had to face.
     "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy" (James 5:11).
     “The trials of this life have a purpose for me.  They help me to be just what I need to be.  Without them, I would never be able to know.  That He answers my prayers while here below.”