In today’s world, most people try to avoid any aspect of suffering or pain. We want to live a “pain free” life. That’s very interesting, because for any real growth or maturity, we need to get out of our comfort level and endure what we perceive to be suffering and disappointments. We need to fail over and over until we learn how to do things correctly. It’s in the failures and disappointments that we develop discernment and understanding. The Apostle James said that he counted those who endure as blessed. In other words, it’s only when you have to endure something and overcome it, that you enter into the blessed state of an overcomer. James also said that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. He has a way of working things out for our good, even those things that we deem as failure, disappointment, rejection, unfairness, persecution, problems, overwhelming odds, etc. God is with you in each of these issues, and He will both teach you something while you are there, and He will show you the way out. David once said: “even though I go through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.” (Psalms 23) Declare the same today! As God was with David, He is with you today!
James 5:11 “Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.”
