James 1:1-11 Reflections
| | Posted On Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Hey everyone. Here are the reflection questions from the study last week. Take some time, read them and think on them. If you feel like it, comment to this post about the answer of one of the questions. It's often we don't know we're being tested unless we pay attention and look out for it. And remember, we need one another to help us to persevere through it. Have patience and seek wisdom in your thoughts and actions.
Reflection Questions
1) How is your faith tested today? Does it produce an endurance that allows you to focus on God through it?
2) Name two things you trust in other than God in your life when you are being tested. What would it look like to trust God in those situations?
3) Describe how you are rich and what it would be like to be humbled in those areas. Are you prepared for that eventuality?
Reflection Questions
1) How is your faith tested today? Does it produce an endurance that allows you to focus on God through it?
2) Name two things you trust in other than God in your life when you are being tested. What would it look like to trust God in those situations?
3) Describe how you are rich and what it would be like to be humbled in those areas. Are you prepared for that eventuality?
My faith is tested with learning how to work, and trust, and invest authority to the leadership in the church. So you know me a little more, i've had a broken relationship when it comes to myself and leadership in the church. In retro, I can see how that specific situation came to be, and i can see how God wanted me to learn something. I didn't back then, but I am learning now, and it's tough. Faith in God by investing faith in the people God has appointed is surely the test I am in at this very point in life.... (current as of today, 2/2).
The Lord has blessed me with riches in knowledge and the capacity to learn quickly. This leads to too much self reliance instead of community, asking, speaking, learning from others and from God Himself. I am scared that when God humbles me in this area, it would take the form of lost capacity, that I would not be able to achieve what I am used to, like Alzheimer's or something similar. Honestly, I'm not even sure how I would deal with it, or even be cognizant of it. The loss of my perception of control is a frightening thing to me.