Do not prevent patience from completing its work

“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers’ temptations, knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.” (James 1:2-4)

By allowing patience to have its perfect work, one will find themselves lacking nothing. Yet, how difficult can it be to be patient and endure during these trials?

GW “Endure until your testing is over…”

The word let means to allow, to not prevent or forbid, to grant or sanction…

Do not prevent patience from completing its work; allow or grant it the freedom to do what it is intended to do. We have the ability to hinder the work that trials are intended to accomplish. I am not always inclined to allow things to work in His time and the temptation for me may be to find a shortcut or an alternate route. When this is my thinking, I am prone to make bad decisions. This thinking leads us away from GOD and the work He wants to accomplish in our life. When trials come, be sure to let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.