"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain."
James 5:7
Earlier in this chapter it talks about how people do bad things and God doesn't immediately resist or stop them, and here I think he's basically saying that all those things come with time. It's kind of like elsewhere in the scriptures where it talks about people becoming "fully ripe" in their wickedness. God gives us time to really figure out what we want to be... to go fully down the road of good or evil, with plenty of opportunities to turn around and change our minds.
On the other side, because God gives us all time to change, we also have to be patient as we wait for justice and restoration and perfection. All of it will work out right in the end, and every sorrow and pain will have been worth it... but we have to trust God, and trust his timing. A happy ending is waiting for us, if we can have the patience and faith to keep turning the pages, and keep choosing the right. Let's trust in the Lord and try to learn a little bit of patience today.
James 5:7
Earlier in this chapter it talks about how people do bad things and God doesn't immediately resist or stop them, and here I think he's basically saying that all those things come with time. It's kind of like elsewhere in the scriptures where it talks about people becoming "fully ripe" in their wickedness. God gives us time to really figure out what we want to be... to go fully down the road of good or evil, with plenty of opportunities to turn around and change our minds.
On the other side, because God gives us all time to change, we also have to be patient as we wait for justice and restoration and perfection. All of it will work out right in the end, and every sorrow and pain will have been worth it... but we have to trust God, and trust his timing. A happy ending is waiting for us, if we can have the patience and faith to keep turning the pages, and keep choosing the right. Let's trust in the Lord and try to learn a little bit of patience today.
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