We will all face “various trials” and he “testing of our faith” is constant. But what do we do in those times? How do we effectively hands the trials and testing in a way that will increase our patience, our steadfastness? James gives us the answer to these questions in the first four verses of his letter. This letter was written to “the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad”, which refers to the tribes of the dispersions. James is trying to reach a broad audience with this letter that when read, and applied can decrease the affects of life’s trials, and strengthen the child of God to be ready to stand firm amid the hardest of times. In the simplest way, James is showing us that when, not if, but when trials come the right thing to do is to allow them to increase your steadfastness and to use them to glorify God.
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24)
