The Word for Today
James 1:
2 Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations.
3 Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.
4 But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.
Sir Holy Spirit Is Our Drill Instructor
Mature faith doesn't happen overnight. If we want to have a deep, healthy, solid faith in Father God, we must exercise our faith to make it stronger.
Think of soldiers in the military. They're not ready for the most intense battles right away when they enlist in a branch of the service. They have to go through basic training. They are drilled and exercised and trained relentlessly. Drill instructors are assigned to do this 'equipping' because soldiers need to possess strength, stamina, resilience, and endurance.
Let's think about this in terms of our faith. First, we enlist or give our lives to Christ and make Him Lord. Then we begin a regimen of basic training or faith-building. Sir Holy Spirit acts as our Drill Instructor in this case.
Sir Holy Spirit knows exactly what we each need as a faith-building requirement so we can be prepared in season and out of season. We just need to trust and obey Him, even when it's challenging, trusting that He knows how to build our faith.
When you let Sir Holy Spirit train you, the results - a strong, solid faith in Him - are well worth the time and effort.
Prayer: Sir Holy Spirit, we submit ourselves to Your instruction. We want to have a mature, solid faith in You. Train up so we can walk by faith, not sight, trusting You in every situation and for every provision we need. Thank You. In Jesus' Holy Name!!!
