It is in the ordeal that we grow / 2

* Luís Alberto Alves

It is not easy to keep Christian ideals facing difficulties, especially with the threat of losing one's life. But James, used by God, brought this message to the people of Israel, so that he might ask the Lord for wisdom when he had to face the evil day; Moment that few friends are next to the servant of God.

Bringing it to the present day, James' words warn the church about the bad times the Christian will have to face, without letting the crown of life fall to the ground. In a world where honesty is synonymous with idiocy, love is carefree and worshiping God is a sign of madness, only Christians filled with the anointing to continue standing, fighting the good fight, visualizing the future in the Heavens.

But the servants of the Lord must never forget that trials increase our dependence on God. After all, it is in times of great difficulty that we look at Jesus Christ, we ask for the strength and wisdom to overcome the challenges that are terrible for us.

In these moments we should never throw in our garbage our honesty and commitment to the Lord. Even though we feel the heat of the enemy's attack on our skin, we need to keep the faith that God is with us, watching over us. In fact, He never leaves an abandoned servant. Instead hold firmly in your hands to help you on the hike.

These few verses of chapter 1, written by James, are important to understand the reason for so much tragedy that happens in this world, seeking to take the life of the Christian, as well as seeking, at all costs, to divert him from the path to Heaven. The world has never been so depraved as in this century.

* Luís Alberto Alves is a pastor