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Our text for today is James 5:7-12:
“7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
8 You also, be patient.
Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast.
You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.”
The late Dr. Albert Schweitzer, famous medical missionary, was once asked what is the best way to raise children.
He replied,
“There are three ways: by example, by example, and by example.”
I think the same is true for teaching us how to suffer.
Three examples of how to suffer well.
James 1:2 “2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,”
We began this book talking about suffering and James comes back to it again.
So how do we practically need to do have that joy and peace in suffering?
Here are some observations.
to set the stage
• The word “patient” is used three times in verses 7-8 and “patience” is used in verse 10.•
The tone is tender as James refers to his readers as “brothers”
three times in verse 7, verse 9 and verse 10.
This is in contrast to the opening verses in this chapter, which are rather terse.
This passage is linked to verses 1-6 by the use of “therefore,”
which means this section provides a game plan
when we’re in a waiting room because of some kind of injustice or suffering.
Sometimes when we go through Biblical mans of Reconciliation the offending party refuses to cooperate.
Sometimes the guilty get off from civil judgment and the visictim is left suffering.
Justice will always bee handed down.
Cross of Christ
In hell as the offender/oppressor pays for their actions.
• The overriding focus is on the second coming of Christ.
Verse 7 - “until the coming of the Lord.”
Verse 8 - “for the coming of the Lord is at hand”
and verse 9 - “behold, the Judge is standing at the door.”
This can be translated as “right on the edge; just about to happen.”
It’s the next event on God’s calendar.
Romans 13:12: “The night is far gone; the day is at hand.”
Those who are the most persecuted look forward to the Second Coming the most.
Incidentally, did you know there are over 300 references to Christ’s return in the New Testament?
That’s one out of every 13 verses!
Three examples of how to suffer well.
Endure like a farmer by waiting.
James 5:7-8 “7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord.
See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.
8 You also, be patient.
Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.”
The verb makrothymeō, which means both “be patient” and “wait,” occurs four times in verses 7–10.
They are to bear up in the hard times and trust God to end it all in his time.
This combines passive waiting with an active trust in the Triune Godhead.
Not growing up on a farm, I never knew how nerve racking farming can get.
You are in an-occupation that the majority of your pay and future is based on everything that is out of oyur control.
You cannot control the sun and the weather.
Some has changed form the early days in Palestine, but science and technology can only take us just so far.
Just ask the farmers in the west that are having to kill livestock and destroy their crops due to the drought in the west.
For thousands of years farmers in the Holy Land have experienced an annual cycle of dry and rainy seasons.
The dry season, running roughly from June through September, leaves the soil parched.
The rainy season, however, quenches the land in two six-week periods in
October and November (the “early rains”) and then
again in April and May (the “latter rains”).
The early rains allow seeds to germinate.
After a long wait, the latter rains cause the plants to take root and grow.
While the land is in its dry season for those five months, farmers eagerly watch the skies for God to send rain and produce a bountiful crop (Jer.
5:24; Joel 2:23; Zech.
10:1).
When James likens the farmer’s anticipation of the latter rains to the believer’s expectation of the Lord’s return,
he emphasizes the need for patience.
Though we are not yet receiving the blessing of final salvation planted in our lives by the seed of faith,
our unbreakable new covenant promise of salvation guarantees that one day God will rain His blessings on us through the glorious appearing of His Son.
So as you may feeling the dry parch time of your life,
have patience because the Lord is coming to make everything right in the end,
Remember that what is coming will be more precious than what we could veer imagine.
The harvest is worth the wait.
So how do wee wait like a farmer.
Trust God with what you cannot control.
Follow with me here, like a farmer trusting God with what you cannot control.
The farmer can’t determine when it rains and when it doesn’t.
So, James says, “The way it is with the Lord’s coming and the way it is when injustice surrounds you.
You’re walking through suffering and trouble.
Be patient, there are things you cannot control, so trust in God like the farmer.
Trust in God with what you cannot control.
You cannot control the person who victimized you.
You cannot control what others say
you cannot control what other do.
Concentrate on what you can control.
James 5:9 “9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.”
James 5:12 “12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.”
In verse 9, James mentions they were grumbling against one another, they were complaining to another and there was temptation to speak in ways that did not honor God in the midst of their struggle.
And James says, “You can control that.
Remember, the Judge is standing at the door.
You want to be found faithful when He comes back.”
Is this not a strong Word?
Think about this.
Maybe today you’re walking through struggle, suffering.
Are there not so many things that just feel completely out of control?
Out of your control?
You can’t do anything to change it.
Whenever we walk through struggle,
there are handfuls of things that we cannot do anything about.
So the word here is, like a farmer, be patient, trust in God with what you can’t control.
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