Producing Steadfastness in Us (TMF:1880)

Friday, June 24, 2022
Peace to Live By: Producing Steadfastness in Us (TMF:1880) - Daniel Litton
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       What is our goal then? James tells us it is “steadfastness.” He said, “the testing of [our] faith produces steadfastness.” Let’s define what steadfastness means. When we’ve been through trials and come out on the other end, we learn that God is faithful. We can look back and recognize that he was with us. There was never a time, not even a moment, when we wasn’t by our side. He helped get us through whatever it was. He helped us to make the right choices. At least, all this being said, this is the way it is for the positive-minded person. What about the negative person? If we are negative, we don’t learn. We were too upset by the trial. We had our thoughts on ourself. That’s all we cared about. God was still faithful, but it took a lot longer of a time to get through it. We had not only the trial to deal with, but we had ourselves also. We may have found that we were the greater trial of the two.