Patience

There is trouble with patience. We all say we want patience for our lives, but we seldom want to go through the trouble of growing it in our lives. James warns us against impatience in these five verses. He warns us against a controlling behavior when we are wronged and then becoming a grumbling Christian. Patience correlates with our understanding of the second coming of Jesus, so when we grumble, we forget that Jesus is coming back. This passage in James 5 teaches us that we are men and women in moment-by-moment need of the rescuing grace of our Redeemer.